Project Gutenberg 2016-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 123 Scott, John The Puzzle King Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc. Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by MWS, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Puzzle King" by John Scott is a collection of amusing mathematical puzzles and problems written in the late 19th century. This engaging compilation features various entertaining math challenges, intriguing anecdotes, and whimsical stories aimed at both educating and amusing the reader. The author’s intention is to present these mathematical concepts in a light-hearted manner, making them accessible and enjoyable to a broad audience. The opening of "The Puzzle King" introduces the reader to the author's perspective on puzzles, emphasizing the importance of patience in solving them. Scott provides a whimsical preface where he references the legendary Gordius and his knot, hinting at the complexities that lie ahead. The excerpt features a series of intriguing mathematical concepts and entertaining anecdotes, such as a humorous take on the difficulties of misreading bills and amusing examples of puzzles that play with words and logic. This sets the tone for a book that promises not only to challenge the minds of readers but also to elicit a few laughs along the way. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Amusements Mathematical recreations Puzzles GV QA Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Mathematics Browsing: Science - General 369116 369201 2024-10-21T16:08:41.453695 2023-09-22T12:41:55.945343 text/html text/html 372196 2016-05-12T11:03:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 2360719 2016-07-15T15:46:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2210205 2024-10-21T16:08:51.350582 application/epub+zip 2215038 2024-10-21T16:08:43.411642 application/epub+zip 174432 2024-10-21T16:08:42.493634 application/epub+zip 2313394 2024-10-21T16:08:56.383608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2282196 2024-10-21T16:08:50.128594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254030 2022-09-23T18:02:41.883784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263013 262818 2024-10-21T16:08:39.171656 2023-09-22T12:41:53.550267 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 263255 2016-05-12T11:03:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 103131 2016-07-15T15:46:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20009 2024-10-21T16:08:56.553624 application/rdf+xml 9648 2024-10-21T16:08:42.629628 image/jpeg 2058 2024-10-21T16:08:42.560669 image/jpeg 2977570 2024-10-21T16:08:41.733619 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog