Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/108 - Hexagon to Square/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $108$ - Hexagon to Square
Henry Ernest Dudeney claims that he was the first to publish this construction, citing the Weekly Dispatch for August $1901$.
However, Martin Gardner reports that Victor Meally unearthed the information that in fact it had previously been discovered by Paul Busschop.
This was published in Volume $\text {II}$ of Nouvelle correspondance mathématique in $1875$, on page $83$.
Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $108$. -- Hexagon to Square
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $331$. Hexagon to Square