A Mathmatical Impossibility.
A correspondent sends the follow* ing to the Bulletin : - Some years a?o I witnessed a rare bit of mindpresence at a big Gippsland red-gum mill. A "green hand" of the " seen better days '' type, instead of shoving a flitch back to the benchin an clear of the saw, tried (with best intentions, no doubt) a novel experiment— viz., sawing both waye 1 Lord ! how did that piece of timber (about 9x7x4) whizz up through the iron roof when it touched the back of the circular 1 Grea3ed lightning I Itwasn'Jiinit ! Bar "greeney," who calmly stood his ground, everybody was under cover in a jiffy 1 Experienced millbands can " get " on such occasions ! '• Why didn't you dodge ?" he was asked when the flitch had reached ground 80 yards off. " Couldn't see any occasion," cooly said chummie, " and you fellows make me smile ! Didn't you see that the wood went up at an angle of 45 degrees ? How eould^. it come down at 90 degrees ? It's a mathematical impossibility 1" He was right; nevertheless, the. boss promp'ly invited "greeney" to speedily insk,' himself scarce at whatever angle he liked.
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Manawatu Herald, 2 October 1897, Page 2
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190A Mathmatical Impossibility. Manawatu Herald, 2 October 1897, Page 2
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