Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-21
raE PUzzLEn,s COLUMN.
GnANv1LLr. o., March II.


GRANVILLE. o.. March II. 1858.
M 1ssts EDn f sas &c in s ss
will not presume to instruct. but simply try
answer a few questions,
Problem 1874 l-6 miles.
Problem sl-Father's age So Year,. and sons as
Problem IS sls tons; II owt. or, lbs. distille
water at 80 SO degrees Farenheit, being the stan
No more this time. - = " D.A.
COLUMBUS OHIO. March II. lsss
MASTER SPIvINs: Your wheel problem ha
brought out much comment and difference Of opin
that the revolving wheel will only make exactl
one revolution on its own axis in soing round tn
moves round the fixed wheel as a while at the SAM
time, but certsinly only turns once on its own axis
ure as many inches round a circle as in q straish
line: This is unquestionab.y true. Take tw'
gesher hold one solid to the stsnd reVeys
other ca efu ly round. when it completes one revo
luton he n aTks will be exscty together again ga.
sing,e revolution; l am afraid. Master Spivins,
will be- compelled to send you q stamp TO place OF
bard indeed for you to convince the class in any
other way that your solution is correct: Be very
careful, dear master, about afhdavlts, Tor we al
would much rather yield to you-even when in the
wrong than have you put a load on your now cleal
:. would most respectfully say to Bro Delta that
ne is ms AIKEN IN supposing that there was DITCH
in either hat. for Br Guernsey and held the bats
Ii was Mater Spivins ST that differed with US, and
certainly every one here where ne is E scquan.ea
ries brick in his hat. The very proposition is most
p-oyemenl thi. week, He has quit quoting poetry.
and there is therefore, hope that he may vet sur
qualification of the class. would saw to him. ais o,
that his fears about potato peelings are groundess
81 be be san
mis-: his fears at once; his friends over this way are
mot in the least possible danger.
have been answered this week, and marked on the
paper, which unfortunately lost, consequently
can can send no anssers. but will send : SroHem or
tss5 PIKEroN. o.. Ma, oh IA. 1865.
Mr.. EpIroR: The lesson this week is adsman-
Ss has sgg 3 sn aIts
Innis is remarkable foxllhow It could be sitting
on the east gate and fly to the top Of the pinnacle
Is mysterious. to say the least of It. H.
ANSWERS. sfssi
No. 37-Side of octagon in rods lis plus. Apo-
them in rods 1873 plus Diameter in rodsiloC7 plus.
No.3s-3s ss4 years. 10 hours. 2 minutes Il .s5s
seconds. Quite breakfast spell:
months aud days; that is ii the interess in each
case be paid annually. 80
sas sas
moving at the rate of 220o plus feet per minute
(the rate at which Guernsey's bird few). passes
through the hypotenuse. moves at the rate OF 2U6s
No 4I-Ca1'r. ...,, ...5,.,.- -.
No. $50 panels of s rails each, and $50 of six
raj 5 each. ll ts.s STEINERNHERz.
81 eee- NATcHEz. ONO, March ls. Les.
DEAR SPIvIss 81 cannot. as yet. a,ssnt to your
''theoria" of the wheels. tor one has given Ito
my m'nd) a philosophical explanation of the phe-
nomenon. Would like to see upon what establish
ed principles your inference is founded. = q : :
In regard to my remarks of last week l would
genera signif ,ation by our senses, We can learn
Its effects; in any case it does not effect nv reas
aHd that iSs1f cc 50 ms
this is 50 several Of problems ssvs been incor-
rectly answered. cannot su bscribe to your theory
until get more light on the subject. . ~
Limestone, l may be mistaken IN my answer to
bur As it is very simple pr ,blem. yet very to ous.
did not review ny work. Give us the correct an
swer, and it sufhceth us Gas Sammy says)
I 3s rafsfsftt.s t..,- ANSWERS. -.s....-
No. s7-f made no mistakes. the answer is /. II
No. ss-The column was building for As sss years.
No. 3s-55 is m nths. f
No. 4o-4 feet per minute. o.
NJ. Nj ASK panels of rails. and I4sx 1.nss of
FuLToNHAM. o.. March l7th, 1868.
FRIEND PUzzLERs !: l now seat my self to PROFOUND
very hard problems. l think that some of our
good in mathematics any place Q Sc can boast
Oh be more punctqai in corresponding with the
puzzlers, column. We'll, must proceed to give
sa eiH- Ha1 ANSWERS.
No. No. ss-ss ss- 81 ,s1 plus miles.
( No sl-Son II. Father 4ssss years old.
No. SIT is plainly evident that the circumfer-
drawn from the point Of contact across the larger in
the same proportion it does the diameter of the
larger. ffc 81,
No s4-45447.s5Os5 years.
No. 39-55.2 months.
No. 4l-Ansle at vertex so deg. one base 81 deg,
others 6s deg. sides TO- SO and So feet respectively
WASHINGTON.
! SIS q 8 WILsEYyILLE. o.. March le, 1s6s.
A casualty has confined me to my room. and for
amusement have been solving some CT your
Having no Introduction to the brotherhood Of the
column. they may deem me an interoper. If SO.
Master Spivins can say " not at home.
ANSWERS. tglf-
24-21 melons at I5e each. -f -i.-.a-
25-6 and 10 are the mystic numbers.
26-7 at 275 square rods.
g. aOtiose travelled 4 1t miles per day, and 50
miles to point of meeting. Robin travelled 8
mile. per day, and nd u miles TO- pint Of meeting;
denominations, is nearing Us rapidly. - tll
2s-l7sl2ss plus oooodossss4 divided by locoooOoO-
% s--Guess it was Fiiday. When does day begini
o3i.--e4 years of age. .a
up stream s. II hours and 81 l-6 minutes. -a-a =
lss--Eye of dome go .le feet. ~ - d
s5.-Ssone - Of BaIbee l7sl4os ell lbs,. or ssoh
tons. There must have been mastodons and giants
36--I have drawn the figures and ind that the
chords divide each circle in the same proportion
that s it is twice the distance on the larger circle
smaller. p = .-sr-7- ~ r.--F ~ n. w.
- - PROBLEM NO. 49. -1Ay
Attending church last Sabbath, our minister ia
lyored US with temperance sermon Hestated tina
ne suppOssd snae It there se5e T IN the o1itsd Ststs
day. Counting the cost of each drink at two cents
he said the entire amount spent for strong drinl
mum. and that the interest on this vast sum o
eighteen hundred millions. a. per cent, woul'
ally. Was the minister correct in either calcula
tion and II not. what would be the true amount o
the cost of the drink and the interest eishteel
hundred millions Of dollars. at six per cent
mum? ,55r, .'.i + - q. ). INNS.
- tan PROBLEM NO. so. 700 iiA
Required the sum Is, of the series az plus &
plus d, plus "a plus D2 plus "a plus sd)a plus 4
plus 4d)s. &c.. continued to terms. n,
..7'1ei5 ~ PROBLEM NO. 81 -i'iss'
A circle drawn in a right angle and chord draw
connecting the points of tapeency. Required, tn
part of the circle cut off.
.a2I7 PROBLEM NO. 81.
A gentleman reuted farm and contracted to Civ
TO his landlord IS of the produce but prior to th
time Of dividing the corr. the tenant use 4s bush
els. When the general division was made. it wa
heap. in lieu of his share of the IS bushels uhic
the tenant had used and hen to begin and divid
Would this method have been oorrecti 80 80 :" :
-.177 . 'T5777 49,, ROBIN
isss. 81 pRqaLEM NO. SO. q ....9 q ,..= iia