Mathematical recreations and essays.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1914
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Geometry -- Famous problems.; Cryptography.; Ciphers.
Table of contents: title: Arithmetical recreations.; title: Geometrical recreations.; title: Mechanical recreations.; title: Chessboard recreations.; title: Magic squares.; title: Unicursal problems.; title: Kirkman's school-girls problem.; title: Miscellaneous problems.; title: The mathematical tripos.; title: Three classical geometrical problems.; title: The parallel postulate.; title: Insolubility of the algebraic quintic.; title: Mersenne's numbers.; title: String figures.; title: Astrology.; title: Cryptographs and ciphers.; title: Hyper-space.; title: Time and its measurement.; title: Matter and ether theories.