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I have two fields of grain. From the first field I harvest 2/3 sila (a measurement of grain volume) per sar (a unit of area); from the second, 1/2 sila per sar.

Making Arrows

In one day, a person can make 30 arrows or fletch [put the feathers on] 20 arrows.

A Game of Cat and Mouse

A mouse is at the top of a poplar tree 60 braccia high, and a cat is on the ground at its foot. The mouse descends 1/2 a braccia a day and at night it turns back 1/6 of a braccia.

Tomato Can

A cylindrical tin tomato can is to be made which shall have a given capacity. Find what should be the ratio of the height to the radius of the base that the smallest possible amount of tin shall be required.

Guidelines for Convergence Authors

Instructions that apply to Convergence but not necessarily to other areas of Loci

A Tower on a Cliff

A cliff with a tower on its edge is observed from a boat at sea; find the height of the cliff and the tower.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

There is much to see in this museum related to the history of mathematics.

Japanese Temple Problem

Given two circles tangent to each other and to a common line, determine a relationship between the radii and the distance between the tangent points.

James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish Mathematician in a Victorian World

The first detailed biography of James Joseph Sylvester.

Pearls of Wisdom

The third part of a necklace of pearls, broken in a lover's quarrel, fell to the ground...