CORNER FOR THE INGENIOUS.
i . ■ Qumtios 8. — I am a word of 9 letters. My . 812816 is the discoverer of an island which bears Mb name ; my 8576 is a satellite ; my 163569 is % Roman general in Julius Caesar's time ; my 16769812 is without a name; my 218756 is a man noted for feats of strength; and my 814394 ia a witness for the truth. My whole is the name of a sublime science. 9. — A quantity of goods weighed 4£lb when suspended from one end of a stick, and s£lb when suspended from the other ; — find the correct weight. 10. — The point of the minute hand of a clock it found to mote 7} inches in 3| minutes — what ia the length of the minute hand ? N.B. — Solutions, addressed to "Calculator," Southland Tikes, received up to June 28th.
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Southland Times, Issue 1268, 21 June 1870, Page 2
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139CORNER FOR THE INGENIOUS. Southland Times, Issue 1268, 21 June 1870, Page 2
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