Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/183 - Table-Top and Stools

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 * Table-Top and Stools
 * Some people may be familiar with the old puzzle of the circular table-top cut into pieces to form two oval stools, each with a hand-hole.


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 * The old solution was in $8$ pieces, but an improved version was given in only $6$ pieces in, No. $157$.


 * Those who remember the puzzle will be interested in a solution in as few as four pieces by the late .


 * Can you cut the circle into four pieces that will fit together (two and two) and form two oval stool-tops, each with a hand-hole?