Elihu Burritt studied mathematics while working at an anvil. One of his menta problems was this: —" How many yards of cloth, three feet in width, cut into strips an inch wide, and allowing half an inch at each end for the lap, would it require to reach from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth, and how much would it cost at a shilling a yard ? " We hope our young readers will get aa anvil and try this problem,
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Globe, Volume III, Issue 291, 18 May 1875, Page 4
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83Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume III, Issue 291, 18 May 1875, Page 4
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