Show IS REAL PRODIGY IN mathematics william stong solves most intricate problems quickly and without effort ANSWERS APPEAL INSTANTLY has declined many offers to travel and demonstrate his gift in pub lie ile enjoys amazement via ha evokes bloomington III Illinois lols possesses pos esses a mathematical prodigy in william stong tong twenty eight years old of taze well wel I 1 county ile ho linshi lin lins n RH able to solve tiny any problem lit in arithmetic that ams ills been given elvon to film ile ho reels oft mil lions anti billions with equal pi giorl acl S slon und ono of ills belits Is to wander vander down to tile railway sta cioll when it freight tl llull dashes dailes away mi and ld add till up the numbers on oil the sides of tile the curs cars hy BY tile ille lio lie lust last car lins 1118 ills cd ile ho has tile the total people who lio are iti o skeptical concerning ills powers come long distances to to test them they tire nio primed lir lined with alth brain racking loins bit but t till nil prove e onsy n sy for stong one anc of the most mm coal inon illon questions relates to tile number of oe seconds tit in a n lifetime riven given tile into dato of birth ono who propounded tills problem gave jilin him the date january 20 1873 right off the reel came tills reply da danyi ys hours 22 minutes seconds another problem was it Is miles to chicago how flow many funny pounds ave y I 1 william stong of rails in tile truck track tit at 80 pounds to the yard without hesitation cattle came tile reply 11 some of his feats another ono one was an ali automobile wheel Is SO 30 indies inches in diameter ilow how many unity revolutions will this his wheel inake in traveling the miles to chicago strong camo came back with ith this answer revolutions A nail problem came next lip lie was told that 32 units nails were to bo be driven ono one cent would be paid for the first 2 cents for the second and double the tha sum for each succeeding nail lie ile was asked liow how much lie would bo be paid for tile thirty second nall nail almost instantly the answer given ghen one skeptic propounded with miles around the earth and sit silver dollars at an all inch nil and a quarter in diameter how many will it take to girdle it stong answered the illinois river flows fit at the rate of cubic foot feet nit nil hour if it 11 reser voir v was aa constructed one little long ono one nillo little wide ado mid and linof a mile little deep how long would it take like to nil 1111 it it th the 0 7 water from f loin the river liver wits was diverted strong hesitated for a few moments told mill thou RUVO gave tile alio answer hours one mun hum tested h stad strong with this problem there tire nio miles of railroads tn lit the world vond there are anro rails to every little to every pair ot of rails mils there me are IS ties with 4 spikes per tle tie elicio here tire me 8 5 bolts to every rail and 2 steel plates per tic ilow how many ralls lulls ties splices etc within 11 few moments stong told ills audience to put down OMI the following follow answer there fire 2 0 rails ties flanges lun sp spikes ittes bolts bolla and plates at 85 pounds to the yard there are pounds of steel lit in the rails mils at GO 50 tons per carload there would be care cam or trains of gb DO cars per train was despair of teachers ile he avias wn asked to give the hie total of till nil abe numbers from ono one up ull to adding them together ills answer was the total of the lie billu bers from one up to was 30 1 2 stong was asked how many bricks would be required to lay a pavement from now new york to still san francisco miles the pavement to bo be GO 60 feet wide and the brick 8 incites inches long and 2 indies inches wide ado ito figured that it would require just bricks asked to divide by lie answered instantly stong says this peculiar inci illar talent intent lias fins been with him since birly youth auth lie was the despair of tile alio teachers find and the envy of tile other children when lie solved pr problems oblenis lit in it a moment that required hours for the others lie says there Is no particularly savera cic mental strain when working out the lie problems that tho answers stand out in fit front of oe him so fco promptly lly Is the to re of tits his extraordinary braill to 1110 demands that tire aro put upon it stony stong never grows grow a impatient when there fire undue made upon him for answers to thell problems lla ile treats till nil mul and ell enjoys j oy I 1 the lio look of amazement lie evokes stong lins fills imd had many opportunities to lu travel with it circus ciul gill d exhibit lit ills axt lilt ry gift lilt but tins lu de nil offers |