If a friend passed along a problem to Halley he could be confident that the scientist would use every means to arrive at a solution. Take, for example, the question posed by John Houghton, also a Fellow of the Royal Society: how can one arrive at a reasonable estimate of the total acreage of England and Wales considering the irregular shape of the land surface?
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Halley attacked the problem in an unconventional way. He found the most accurate map available, cut carefully around each bay and inlet until he held a paper outline of the land area of England and Wales. He weighed this map, the cut out a circle for the central part of England. Finding the acreage of a known circle would not be a difficult task. He weighed the paper circle and compared it with the weight of the full map. His estimate of the total acreage of England and Wales was amazingly close to today's figure. &britishheritage.com
Wordle 350 5/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #94
Guesses: 36/37
1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
W IT chyba łatwo o wybaczenie pomyłek, bo każdy czasami daję dupy i mimo wszystko nie ma takiej presji z otoczenia.
Wordle 347 5/6
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Daily Duotrigordle #91
Guesses: 37/37
1️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
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