Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/103 - Expressing Twenty-Four/Historical Note

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $103$

Dudeney supplies only the solutions for $1$ and $7$.

He attributes the solution for $7$ to a certain G.P.E. but the identity of this person has not been established.

According to Martin Gardner, the remaining solutions were determined by Victor Meally, but given the technique for the above, they are easily discovered.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $103$. -- Expressing Twenty-Four
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $137$. Expressing Twenty-Four