Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-05
THE pUzzLEa,s COLUMN.
W4sHrNeroN, o., Oct.


far have had time to run it through the mill.
ss last yse from the aSs boss mad
has sent his last for cold weather is here. and
shoes and boots wanted verV badly. Please, Mr..
Shoemaker. order ne,c supply for the coming win
ter. sammy. would be happy to send you solu-
tions to those problems you spoke Of bu' am in
shematics bel ns bcrn after father Matthew passed
the prime OF life. will now give aieW
ANSWERS.
Prob. a3s-t29 $3.50 perches; On consideration
lem. very hieh stepStSo feet.
237- Nns. 2. 1s. 36.
94O-A regular dodecason inscribed in circle is
about tho same circle for the dodecass zen is more
viii q give WORK and demonstration in the column
al-i; 8. i; and Z plus X the square root of 20
23s-i have not mastered. have now consumed
about :paoe enough for one week, and furnish a
q problemor two for solution. SIX.
" CoLLINsYILLE, o., Sept. 2S 1861
Mr.. EDITOR: again enjoy the amusement If a
little mathematical reasoning. The column looks
deserted this week. This won't do. Come, boys.
ready BY my absence. There quite long list of
the unsoved, which have eentrying to sound, but
therefore, anxious for review that these difficult es
NAV be explained TO- me-. When will the time Tor
T.. Z A., Z.
b. Robin, and others. who have got us into SO much
difficulty, prepare to, help US out: out:s.-
hsd With shs PuzZer Column this
mer and now as the busy time of the year is about
over. we certaiuy will have grand time M this win
time? l would go a hundred m!les to meet all the
contributors t. this column, ladies and gentlemen.
Here my answers to the Problems OF this week:
sho39o9-Horse cost $780, ~ nss r-e-= sssssC
No 230-l2 years since.
paws ssh plus; pays % s. Plus, ana Y pays Oas
plus; or, to make the change, let pay Sl.
rods Js and side s Of less is Is or esasl sde
of greater square aud equal side of smaller, then
* plus " equal area and Ak plus " equal length ot
* plus sY eaua! $50 This is e.sily s9,yeS. Ill.,,
B2: less is Alb divided by A plus Let X and "
equal the mum ers; then form equation. and let x
equal w; then find value OF Ys in terms OF Y IN
and then fnd yby auadratics aud substitute !
No. 93t.-tx dinus d * plus 81 * plus q equal o.
This last is omnium facilimun. SAMMY.
WASHINGTON. o.. Oct. 1. 1867.
Mr. EDITOR: Acting on the principle that to say
poor lesson is better than to PLAY truant. come
along with my ''satchel and smiling morning face"
to school. go ~. -. - .s.i.
Guernsey is absent again. left him last noon of
elores Of Orion and the twinkIing splendor of the
Pleiades-s He promises though to come down with
Think that the thickness of the four lower steps
can net be found from the conditions OF Problem
Problem No. 1872. ls. SO.
Problem No. 2ss. Not yeta satisfactory solution to.
No ass I'd like an angle given St rate; No 24o
cribe circle whose diameter is one. lns.ribe a
hexagon;. then ea,h side=h; Draw radius bisect,
of side of hexagon snd this cord is side of dode
cagon. BY means of right angled triangles fin the
angle of which it is the base. Then get area of
triangle and multiply by u. as there are Il equal
in ~ hn n sf ss aTea sr es to- S
6nity is Z. The square on diameter or circum-
scribed is of course 1.
Next two problems are mlnc.
PROBLEM NO. 243. =
Bought goods at % in gold, and sold the :ame at g.
in sfal tender How much per Dc gain
PROBLEM NO. PA.
The disgonals Of quadril.teral are 30 and So
They at an angle Of so degrees. What is the
area of the quadrilateral? DELTA
PROBLEM NO. 245. .
A circular field is 90 rods in diameter. Required
I rails to panel apd2 panels to rod
al PROBLEM NO. ,246. 49,.
The moon and Saturn are in conjunction to-nieht
Oct ist). When will they next coniupei? Answer.
- % PROBLEM NO. 247. ~. -
Two @, partners gained ELS by trade. A's money
was employed u months. and Bs, I Which was ESQ:
pounds had employed? s. x.
PROBLEM NO. 248. rs i-In7l
The circumference of hexsgonal pillar is feet.
and hight IL feet inches. what are the solid con-
tents2 3. Y.
PROBLEM NO. 249.
The sum of six numbers in geometrical progress
sion is 1885, and the sum of the extremes is 1025.
How do you find the nuDb bers? SAMMY.
MoRR1srowN. Oct 1867
Mr.. EDIToR:-This is to inform the boys that
am in for Grand Gift Association. giving gift of
25 cents in 81 worth of photographs to the
that hss profile that can't be solved in week.
Every correspondent that can't must send gift
within two weeks. Every correspondent must solve
them good. and write probl ms like Robin. Don't
write letters, but write problems and answer them.
i can't work any this time. but will g've some
Ny first is found in every country of the globe: my
second is what we all should be; my whole is the
same as my frs.
Entire, | am a period of time; behead me. l am an
aFfie e-of food; again behead me, am used with
food.
Entire am an emblem Of beauty; behead me,
and am p werful quid, curtail me, and an a
proposition; replace my head, and am useful ar
ticle.
Take I off 10 and leave 90 remain. .
Take % off 20 and leave SO remain. -
Place nine Nos. in a square. SO that they will
make fifteen each way ..s
A and B bought grindstone in par inership. The
stone was "a inches in diameter, and was to use
81 and B ~ Allowing inches for waste in the
centre. how many inches was A to use. he having
the first use. 20 .f -
/ .J.A. SMALLBoNEs.