Punch,  14 (1848), 57.

Arithmetical Questions

Anon

Genre:

Exam Paper, Spoof

Subjects:

Mathematics, Politics, Sanitation, Government, Public Health


    Various arithmetical questions concerning topical political and social questions. For example, 'Given, the Bill for Sanitary Reform. Required, to find the clause that related to the City of London', or 'Which is the greater, the distance between Bath and Jericho, or Lord Brougham and the Whigs'.



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