Jean Paul, who lived in the heart of Paris, France, decided to
place a geocache on September 21, 1794 (he was a pioneer in the
game!). Being a mathematician as well as having a photographic
memory, he was able to remember all of the details surrounding the
hiding of his cache. That night, he went to bed dreaming of the fun
that the local FTF crew that would attempt to find his hide once
the location was posted at the local tavern.
When Jean Paul awoke the next day, September 22, 1794, he
somehow managed to forget the coordinates of the cache he had
placed just the day before! Furthermore, as he glanced out his
window and spied the brand new town clock (installed at midnight to
reflect the new French Republic time system) he realized that it
was going to take a few adjustments to get himself back on his
normal schedule. Being a mathematician and having a photographic
memory did have its advantages - Jean Paul remembered the exact
times from the day before, that when converted to the new time
scale, would reveal the north and west coordinates of the cache.
Jean Paul calculated that 28.878 minutes past midnight on the 21st,
when converted to the new time scale, would correspond the the
North coordinate minutes for the cache. A similar conversion of
31.694 minutes past midnight on the 21st would provide the West
coordinate minutes for the cache.
Confident in his memory and calculations, Jean Paul went down to
the local tavern to post the coordinates and let the fun begin for
the FTF crew.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.