THE LENGTH OF A WALL.
A man when erecting a 4ft high stone wall along the boundary of a section, part being then completed, was asked .how much farther its length would be and replied, "Twice as far." As this aid riot seem to' convey to the questioner exactly what he ■• wanted to know, the mason took a measuring' rod loft long and laid it on the top of the wall, one end being level with the end of the stone-work. "There/ he said, "when the wall is completed'l it will be longer than this rod by exactly twice as' many feet as the'rod is now longer than the wall." The
reader should note the builder's both statements carefully, ana if lie decides to calculate mentally, what length the wall would be when finished, he will fmd the effort, much more interesting and instructive' thun if the calculation is made with the aid oil pencil and paper. •
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 51, 1 March 1930, Page 29
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