AN ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM.
To the Editor of the. Cromwell Argus. Srn—Can any of your readers who are well versed in the science of mnemonics favour mo with a solution of the following question ?—A certain company agreed with another company to have two pipes fixed in a reservoir, the bore of each to be four inches in diameter ; but this agreement was afterwards cancelled, and they were to have one pipe only, of eight inchef diameter.—Query, Who were gainers by the bargain ?or which discharged most water—the two pipes of four, or the one of eight inches bore ? A reply through the medium of the Cromwell Ary tin will oblige, yours, &0., INQUIRER. Cromwell, December 4, 1809.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 5, 8 December 1869, Page 3
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117AN ARITHMETICAL PROBLEM. Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 5, 8 December 1869, Page 3
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