Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/182 - Making a Square
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $182$
- Making a Square
- Here is an elegant, but not difficult, little cutting-out puzzle that will interest readers (sent by E. B. E.).
- Cut the figure into four pieces, each of the same size and shape,
- that will fit together to form a perfect square.
Click here for solution
Historical Note
Martin Gardner, in his $1968$ repackaging of some of Dudeney's works, identifies E. B. E. as Edward Brind Escott.
Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $182$. -- Making a Square
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $348$. Making a Square