| Show curiosities or OF arithmetic an eastern prince was BO so much delighted with the wame game game of chess which had been tie devised lor jor his amusement that lie he desired the inventor to name liis his own reward tile the philosopher however was too modest to seize the tile opportunity of enriching himself lie merely begged of his royal master a grain of corn for each cacti square on the chess table doubling the number in proceeding from the first to the sixty fourth squire the king honoring lils ills moderation made no scruple to his demand but on an his treasurer nis bisking making kini king the tile nece mary wary c lie was som somewhat e what surprised to find that lie had engaged to give away awat the impossible pos poa aible quantity of ac G drains grains equal to the wllie winie c nta nita ined ineil in 1634 town towns bac each h having hiving 1024 granaries of 2 measures each cacti consisting grains |
