Traveller whose Head goes Further than Feet/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Traveller whose Head goes Further than Feet
When John Jackson included this puzzle in his Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings, he attributed the idea to William Whiston's The Elements of Euclid, With Select Theorems out of Archimedes.
Sources
- 1821: John Jackson: Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings: Geographical Paradoxes
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Rational Amusements for Winter Evenings: $164$