Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/180 - The Damaged Measure/Solution

by : $180$

 * The Damaged Measure

Solution
Divide the $33$-inch measure into the following sections:


 * $1$, $3$, $1$, $9$, $2$, $7$, $2$, $6$, $2$

Another solution is:
 * $1$, $1$, $1$, $1$, $6$, $6$, $6$, $6$, $5$

According to himself, there are $16$ different ways of doing it.