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  2. Brain Testers and Problems (CONDUCTED BY "THINKING CAP.") A MECHANICAL PARADOX.

    A remarkable mechanical paradox, invented by James Fergnson about the year 1751, ought to be known by everyone, but, unfortunately, it is not. It was ...

    Article : 211 words
  3. LAST WEEK'S PROBLEMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 374 words
  4. CHESS AND DRAUGHTS.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 words
  5. CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 words
  6. A DOUBLE CRESCENT.

    Our figure shows a double crescent. You are requited to draw the design without taking your pencil off the paper once you have begun, and you are not allowed to go ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  7. WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 425 words
  8. A FRUIT PUZZLE.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  9. ABOUT ANAGRAMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  10. IN PASSING.

    In the first class section "B" tournament at Ramsgate, E. A. Coleman scored one win and two draws out of eleven games. L. Younkman has added to his laurels by ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. A CURIOUS OPTICAL DELUSION.

    The four letters on this diagram appear to be drawn quite crookedly, but they are in fact perfectly straight and regular. This curious illusion is due to a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  12. DRAUGHTS.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 382 words
  13. ENCLOSING CIRCLES.

    Here is a curious figure, but its appearance cannot be helped. What you have to do is to draw three straight lines across it so that each circle is enclosed iu a space ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  14. A GOOD GAME FOR TWO.

    Take fifteen matches and lay them in a row. The game is that each player shall take either one, two or three matches each time, picking alternately, and ...

    Article : 199 words
  15. THE TWENTY-TWO BRIDGES.

    We have here a rough map of a district with an elaborate system of irrigation, as the various waterways and numerous bridges will show. A man set ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 106 words
  16. DO YOU KNOW?

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 words
  17. SHUNTING TRUCKS.

    Puzzles about shunting trucks on railway sidings are numerous and usually entertaining. Here is one that is not too difficult:—The engine "A" is required to shunt ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  18. THE DRAUGHTSMEN.

    A good many puzzles can be arranged with a set of ordinary draughtsmen. These latter are handy in almost every house, and some of the problems are ...

    Article : 90 words
  19. SOLUTION OF LAST WEEK'S CROSSWORD.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 5 words
  20. THE OLD LADY'S BEDSPREAD.

    A dear old lady had a bedspread which bore a large cross on the centre of it. Now, the old lady had rather peculiar ideas about things, and she felt that her ...

    Article : 138 words
  21. HIDDEN WORDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 words
  22. DIVIDING THE ESTATE.

    It is agreed by a couple at marriage that if at the husband's death they should have only a daughter, the widow should receive four-fifths of the estate; and if they ...

    Article : 69 words
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