Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

3 by Robert Kemp Philp, Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882

Chapter 80: 65. Puzzles

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Chapter 80: 65. Puzzles

vary much. One of the simplest that we know is this: Take away half of thirteen and let eight remain. Write XIII on a slate, or on a piece of paper--rub out the lower half of the figures, and VIII will remain. Upon the principle of the square-words, riddlers form Diagonals, Diamonds, Pyramids, Crosses, Stars, &c. These specimens will show their peculiarities:
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