Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/59 - Mistaking the Hands

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 * Mistaking the Hands
 * "Between two and three o'clock yesterday," said Colonel Crackham,
 * "I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand,
 * and consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was.
 * What was the correct time?"