Punch,  20 (1851), 242.

Arithmetic in the University

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Universities, Mathematics, Education


    Subtitled 'Signs of the Commission', shows two students at the University of Oxford or University of Cambridge, and reveals that one student cannot cope with his friend's simple arithmetical question about a bet on a horse.



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