MR WRAGGE'S CHALLENGE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The postulated paradox of ambieuons questions formulated reminds one "of the following:—Titus steals a watch from the person of a cleric in church. This he sells to Cains, and nothing further is heard ot him. 'The priest at length identifies his watch in the possession of Cains, and claims it, satisfactorily proving it to be his property. Caius refuses to return the watch until his money is returned, and the thief cannot be traced. How many kinds of sacrilege are there? How many sins did litus commit? How is the ca'se to be solved? If Mr Wragge will kindly come down from in nubibus and explain by trigonometrical and geometrical formula? (1) why is the altitude of the Pole seen from any place on the earth's surface- equal to the latitude of that place? and why is the zenith distance of the Pole seen from any place on the earth's surface equal to the co-latitude of that place? I will try and say something about one of his questions. —I am, etc., v\r July 20.
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Evening Star, Issue 14117, 21 July 1909, Page 2
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181MR WRAGGE'S CHALLENGE. Evening Star, Issue 14117, 21 July 1909, Page 2
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