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The Numbers Square Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/17/2011
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Numbers 1:23 - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS ...

 

In 1647 the complex mathematician NN published The Art of Gunnery. In it he described testing a hefty cannon which he had sited on the Towne of Birmicham latitude mentioned in his earlier work and on a longitude inspired by the numbers 123. To comply with Health & Safety he erected two blue flags nearby, one to the north and one to the west just next to a fish on a line. Using complex mathematics he calculated the offsets for the trajectory of his first shot and then, using a slow match, fired the cannon. BOOM!!! When he went to recover the cannonball, which incidentally he had borrowed from the real mathematician TH, he found that the impact had uncovered a mysterious Numbers Square. He secretly recorded the offsets in his book using an 8 by 8 square similar to the number plane but left some of the numbers missing which he asked TH to hide using the lost symbols of the mathematical mouse.

 

 

Find 2 by 2 ... 3 by 3 ... 4 by 4 ... 5 by 5 ... 6 by 6 ... 7 by 7 ... and finally unearth the Numbers Square which is one of the five GOOD book clues of Revelation.

 

As sure as x=x, discover a traveller who appears elsewhere in The Final Revelation series, by following the appropriate links starting below.

 

The listed coordinates are for suggested parking for the Numbers Square series. With some mathematical skill (or PAF) and good upfront on-line research, it may be possible to do this series in one visit. The squircular course is about 4 miles long.

 

Links to other caches in the series:

¤   The Numbers Square

¤   7 by 7

¤   6 by 6

¤   5 by 5

¤   4 by 4

¤   3 by 3

¤   2 by 2 (too!) 

¤   Bonus - 1 by 1

¤   Bonus - 26 by 26

 

Part of The Final Revelation series of 66 puzzle caches.

 

 

 

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