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Robert Kemp Philp
902
2592.
The
Thirty-Four
Puzzle.
This
is
an
adaptation
of
tho
old
magic
square,
which
amused
the
philosophers
of
old.
A
sketch
of
it
appears
in
Albert
Durer's
painting
of
Melancholia.
Sixteen
discs
or
squares,
numbered
from
1
to
16,
are
placed
indifferently
on
the
table--or
they
may
be
in
the
fifteen
box;
and
the
puzzle
is
to
so
arrange
them
as
to
make
the
sum
of
the
figures
add
up
to
34,
whether
counted
up,
down,
across
or
angularly.
Here
is
the
solution:
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1
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15
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14
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4
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1
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8
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13
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12
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|------+------+------+------|
|------+------+------+------|
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12
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6
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7
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9
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14
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11
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2
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7
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|------+------+------+------|
|------+------+------+------|
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8
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10
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11
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5
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4
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5
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16
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9
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|------+------+------+------|
|------+------+------+------|
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13
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3
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2
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16
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15
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10
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3
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6
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This
is
the
simplest;
but
a
more
elaborate
plan
is
to
so
arrange
the
figures
that
any
form
of
the
blocks
will
form
a
square
sum
of
34.
See
the
annexed
solution,
which
the
ingenious
in
may
still
further
complicate:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
