THREE IN ONE.
..A: correspondent, "T.0.L.," has sent the following query: "Is it possible to make a plug of a definite fixed shape o£ "inflexible material that will exactly fit tinbre than aperture in wood or metal of entirely different shape to the plug?^ lAn explanation of this' curious article aid'the method of making it appeared in'this column on the 3rd September, 1927!,; and an illustration of it was received from' a valued correspondent, HX%, but as the. plug forms a useful adjunct to one's, kit. of tools, either tradesman's or amateur's, another description of it will "be given. But between this and next Saturday, perhaps those .who are not aware of the existencjejof such a curiosity may desire to jjpiidfer over it and endeavour to diseovei how a circular hole one inch in jdiameter, a square one with a perimeter •f'four inches, and an isoceles-triangu-•l?,* -hole i:;a; one-inch height and Tjasjej' alT.lnijaetaV,caii be fitted exactly Jjy'an inflexible plug of a definite fixed shape. ■-~, . c-. :--,.; : .
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 14
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165THREE IN ONE. Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 14
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