Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments / Composed and Performed in Different Capitals of Europe, and in London

by Giuseppe Pinetti

CHAP. XIV.

A mathematical Combination for guessing, in a whole pack composed of fifty-two Cards, how many Points will make the Cards under each Parcel, which Parcels are to be made by one of the Company, observing to him that each Parcel he makes is to compose the Number of Thirteen, to begin from the Point of the first Card which he takes to form each Parcel.