DROPPED THROUGH THE GLOBE
79. If we can imagine the earth at a standstill for the purpose of our experiment, and if a perfectly straight tunnel could be bored through its centre from side to side, what would be the course of a cannon ball dropped into it from one end, under the action of gravity?
LOVE LETTERS
80.
A lady to her lover cried,
“How many notes have you of mine?”
“Six more I’ve sent,” the youth replied,
“Than I have had of thine.”
“But if from one pound ten you take
The pennies we on stamps have spent,
One eighth their cost you thus will make.”
How many had they had and sent?
81.
A man, on the day of his marriage, made his will, leaving his money thus:—If a son should be born, two-thirds of the estate to that son and one-third to the widow. If a daughter should be born, two-thirds to the widow and one-third to that daughter. In the course of time twins were born, a boy and a girl. The man fell sick and died without making a fresh will. How ought his estate to be divided in justice to the widow, son, and daughter?