ARITHMETIC
Paris, February 17. A wonderful calculating girl, Mile. Diamaudi, has just beeu presented to the Society of Anthropology in Paris. In the presence of many eminent mathematicians she performed several remarkable feats, such as working out almost instantly, and by mental process only, the square of twenty-five figures subtractions of sums of twelve figures, the square root of from eight to twelve figures, and the cubic root of from six to ten figures. Another feat of mental arithmetic she performed in less than a minute was to give the number ol seconds within a period of twentyfive years. Mile. Diamandi, who is only twenty, and of Greek origin, says that every figure presents itself to her mind’s eye in a different colour. Thus, 'number one is always black, number two yellow, number three pink, ard so on. This colour vision is constant, and is entirely independent of her own volition.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 381, 22 February 1908, Page 4
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151ARITHMETIC Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 381, 22 February 1908, Page 4
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