Book:Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles

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Critical View
While marketed as a book of entertaining puzzles, many of these are mundane word problems leading to tedious exercises in the solution of simultaneous equations.

Source work progress
* : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $102$. -- The Nine Barrels


 * Still to be completed:


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $12$. -- A Weird Game


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $16$. -- Digging a Ditch


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $26$. -- What is the Time?


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Locomotion and Speed Puzzles: $30$. -- The Staircase Race


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Locomotion and Speed Puzzles: $33$. -- A Rowing Puzzle


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Locomotion and Speed Puzzles: $41$. -- The Damaged Engine


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Locomotion and Speed Puzzles: $42$. -- The Puzzle of the Runners


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $70$. -- The Solitary Seven


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $73$. -- Alphabetical Arithmetic


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $90$. -- Equal Perimeters


 * : Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $95$. -- Squares and Cubes


 * : Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $115$. -- The Carpenter's Puzzle


 * : Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $124$. -- Drawing a Straight Line


 * : Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $125$. -- Making a Pentagon


 * : Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $129$. -- The Circle and Discs


 * : Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $133$. -- A Problem for Surveyors


 * : Combination and Group Problems: $167$. -- A General Election


 * : Puzzle Games: $204$. -- Turning the Die