Tell a person to write down the figure which represents the day of
the week on which he was born;--thus, 1 for Sunday, 2 for Monday, and
so on; next, the figure for the month--1 for January, 2 for February,
&c.; then the date of the month; now tell him to multiply the number
thus formed by 2, add 5, multiply by 50, and then to add his age, and
from this sum to subtract 365; now you ask him for the remainder, to
which you _secretly_ add 115.
The result will be:--The first figure, the day of the week; the next,
the month in the year; the next, the date of the month; and the last,
the age in years.
Example:
A person was born on Wednesday, 11th June, 1863.
Write 4, as Wednesday is 4th day of the week.
" 6, as June is 6th month of year.
" 11, as that is the date given, 11th June.
The figures then are-- 4611
2
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9222
5
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9227
50
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461350
35 Age
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461385
365
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461020
115
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4-6-11-35