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nydus/The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious ProblemsPublic

Henry Ernest Dudeney collects a wide variety of original mathematical and mental puzzles into this volume. The book features an introductory essay on the nature of puzzles and provides solutions for all problems at the end.

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77 .— Making a Flag.

The diagram shows how the piece of bunting is to be cut into two pieces. Lower the piece on the right one "tooth," and they will form a perfect square, with the roses symmetrically placed.

A geometric dissection puzzle showing a complex polygon divided into sections, with flower icons marking specific areas.

It will be found interesting to compare this with No. 154 in A. in M.

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