Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/114 - Elementary Arithmetic/Historical Note

Historical Note on Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems $114$ - Elementary Arithmetic

 * This is the kind of question that was very popular in Venice and elsewhere about the middle of the sixteenth century.


 * , generally known as "Tartaglia" (the stammerer) was largely responsible for the invention.