Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/108 - Hexagon to Square/Historical Note

Historical Note on Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $108$ - Hexagon to Square

Henry Ernest Dudeney claims that he was the first to publish this construction, citing the Weekly Dispatch for August $1901$.

However, Martin Gardner reports that Victor Meally unearthed the information that in fact it had previously been discovered by Paul Busschop.

This was published in Volume $\text {II}$ of Nouvelle correspondance mathématique in $1875$, on page $83$.

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $108$. -- Hexagon to Square
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $331$. Hexagon to Square