The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19

weight q any part q that bagth bsias
eacertainad ths rest 70 eagy.
Ths aimpl-at aolueign oaersd = % put
plank ca IL slshoras end place ths lToa
rail % one cnd. pilins Ne oeheF end Sish
junk untA they balance ~ weighing
The iunk piecsmeal puitina In ltams
sosa 9AA PisTs q paP"T .. sna tASa aa4la9
az, provided no piece q junk weighs more
In contrast 70 this take the fOll0wing
aci~ntihc Operation. WhioA requiraa no
auxiliary junk. about 90 pounds a whirh
World have 10 he handled tO Weigh . Ven
foot rail
Put a knife edRs fulcrum g inches
nom On- end aad Ne the eElram8 point
81 the Other. Or "a inch end be nIlpported
by the aeales We uhall then have egiue
50. oF ia inches q the 10. Ia halanoa.
leaving two inchep 10 b. weighed.
This two inchsa q partly supported By
the sralea and partly By the iuioTun. m
veTaely ~ the DISTANCE a each IRON ~
oentrs % gravity 81 tho twO inch sec.lca
which y inverssly - I 70 % %. Thig
the unbalanced bad.
If the scales rad Is pounds. thsA IA
Of the whole weight II the inch sso-
,iOu. or :, - Oi tire whole v~ight=E.
~ that IS pounds Nsi=sis. W.lich would
~ the weight ~ The tan feet
A Number u thoee Who suRHngoed this
weighing a thu longer 90 unbalanced ond
tOok the wh0is weight RhOwn hy the
scales a. cnFrect. furRettiaR that thsrs u
still one end q The piece supported BY the
balanced part
ABoth@s method anERssead was 20 shifs
the f,ilrPtm until The scales reaahsd TIE
hr,it a their capacity. g potmdp. after
which the calculation could ~ made 60
from the exact centre.
Another suggestion was 70 nc 10 q
nIpplemsntary lsver scale with Old soap
boxes and T,nea ont % chairs % guprorl
= system of Planks. hut tho eTroFe that
would creep into ssch . crude arrange
ment are obvious
Those Who stated the tv,ls hmitaaions
81 The problem were:
Leon Parker. Or. A. n. Baldwin. W. N.
Quick, Jr. Mrs v C. Wood. J. w. woFts.
John Beaitie. 7 W Hopkins. D. A. W.
J. " Redway. 7 T. Godfrey. ~ D. W.
Morrison e. COlyer. Milton C. iNbsll.
" G Hervey. Victor du Pona. Jr.. n. L.
@. Edith Dayton. ". p. Heuslsr. q. I.
knipe. G. c. D0Wnea. n. n. Thwaites and
Henry Denning
THAT CRTPTO0BAM
The shAFps Who tackled this problsm
we're not long IN discovering that the hey
TO Il must Ne IN sOme group of lsfeNgu
which could be identihed. and they natur-
ally hit upon the eea Tots suggested
that the only litter hkely 70 b. fo'IBd IN
such ciaNs connection must h either OF
. end that tho letter preceding the thres
sigma r'ust be a vowel
A. tho same vowel that pFpcedes The
sts IN one place follOws thu sign 81 the
end " The neNaags it might b. .. and
the word 'buElnssa- naturally sugguaea
itseB. a. least for q tasa
From this point on II is aasy 10 discover
thst the composer Of the cryptoarnm,
which WIS sent 10 TME SUS By Merton
Campbell II East Omnge. had tried 70
make Il more diitlcult than usual by nak-
ing tho predominating litter instead
u .. both and . Appal ring as often ~
.. and also by entirely avoiding the word
She IN tho message. The correct trans
lati1n n:
FIRST National BANK for sale. Price
one hundred and twentY Buaineas sound
WIN you ioin me In this purchase7-
Correct solutions from:
DR. William J. Lamaon. W " Quick. ~
Dr. A. 4. Stoney. Harry Siefhe. JE. 7. r.
Godfrey and Mary Granger
Two solutions - the iiWMsW puzzle
have come - hand and they Will he given
next week
CheNs problem No. y 10 position taken
fr~rn the ending Il = game hetwSen Hack
burn and M5akenzie. played IN London
In lVs9 The key move must have taken
The EnKlishnan by surprise Here r. ths
actual plav: