Magic Age Card. Manuscript on paper.

Published by After 1760, American or British, 1760

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Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA

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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.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Magic Age Card. Manuscript on paper.
Author
Mathematics puzzle.
Publisher
After 1760, American or British
Publication year
1760
Condition
Very Good
Seller catalogs
The Long Eighteenth Century

Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA

Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.

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NY, U.S.A.