Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 367
Fig. 475. his four sons, with the proviso that the portion taken byeach was to be of the same size and shape, and to containthree of the twelve fruit-trees.How was it done ? No. XXXVIII—The Gook in a Difficulty (La Question cle la Marmite). … This is a puzzle of French origin. Our illustration (Fig.476) represents a fire in the open, and a stewpan, which is Miscellaneous Puzzles. 351 to be suspended over it. As will be seen, the four uprightsare too far apart to support it, and, being of wood, the cookdares not drive them in any nearer…
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