Magic Age Card.": Manuscript on paper.
by Mathematics puzzle
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
American or British, After 1760. Very Good. 1 leaf, 200 x 323mm; watermark of crowned lion with scepter and fascia of arrows, very like Churchill #88, which he identifies as English colonial, dated 1762. Seven columns of numbers, with brief explanation on verso. Folds, some beginning to split.
Manuscript 18th-century game or puzzle which allows whoever knows the key to accurately guess anyone's age (or chosen number in a "pick-a-number" scenario). We won't divulge the secret--but it has to do with binomial number systems--and it works! Similar magic age tables persist to the present day in a somewhat different form.
Manuscript 18th-century game or puzzle which allows whoever knows the key to accurately guess anyone's age (or chosen number in a "pick-a-number" scenario). We won't divulge the secret--but it has to do with binomial number systems--and it works! Similar magic age tables persist to the present day in a somewhat different form.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6004
- Title
- Magic Age Card."
- Author
- Mathematics puzzle
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- American or British
- Date Published
- After 1760
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- magic tricks binary numbers computer science parlor games age-guessing game
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Long Eighteenth Century;
Terms of Sale
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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About the Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Biblio member since 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.