Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/59 - Mistaking the Hands

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $59$

Mistaking the Hands

"Between two and three o'clock yesterday," said Colonel Crackham,

"I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand,

and consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was.

What was the correct time?"

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $59$. -- Mistaking the Hands
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $51$. Mistaking the Hands