Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 285
d and New. No. XIV.—The Okto Puzzle. The puzzle brought out under this name is a variation onthe foregoing. Each point of the star terminates in a smallcircle, on which is printed the name of a given colour—black,yellow, carmine, and so on. The counters, eight in number,are of corresponding… … Fig. 382. Required, to place at the intersections of its various linestwenty-one counters, in such manner as to form thirty rowsof three counters each, each group of three being united byone of the lines. No. XVI. This is sometimes known as the crowning puzzle.The reader will remember that at the…
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