English 12 1 3.141592 65358 9793 23846 **************************************************** Now I wish I could recollect pi. Eureka! cried the great inventor. Christmas pudding, Christmas pie Is the problem's very center. Dewdney II, p. 25 = Dewdney (de), p. 56 (Submitted by Michael Stueben of Annandale, Va.) 2 {3}. 141592 65358 9793 23846 **************************************************** I wish I could determine pi Eureka! cried the great inventor Christmas pudding, Christmas pie Is the problem's very centre. From: J. B. Youles 3 3. 141592 65358 9793 23846 **************************************************** Pie. I wish I could remember pi 'Eureka!' cried the great inventor, 'Christmas pudding, Christmas pie Is the problem's very center!' http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~debartol/deep.html Comment: "remember" : the word only has 8 letters when in fact it should have 9 From: Gordon Weir Editor's Note: The wrong word "remember" is now replaced by the "determine" "the error was caught by Gordon Weir" [Author's note] English 13 3.14159 265358 979 323846 **************************************************** 1 Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic force and magic spelling; Celestial sprites elucidate All my own striving can't relate. Eves, p. 132 Tocquet Comment: The comma is supposed to be the decimal point. From: Gary Wong 2 Sir, I send a rhyme excelling In sacred truth and rigid spelling Numerical sprites elucidate For me the lexicon's dull weight. From: Lawrence Shirley http://www.webcom.com:80/~geomanda/mnemonics.html 3 Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic sense and magic spelling, Celestial sprites elucidate, All my own striving can't relate. From: John Howie 4 Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling, In mystic words and magic spelling, Celestial sprites elucidate, And in the .... From: Joop van den Eijnde 5 Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic power and magic spelling. Celestial spirits elucidate All my own rhymings can't relate. From: John Fisher X1 3.14159 265358 979 323846 264338 3279 5 **************************************************** Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic force and magic spelling Celestial sprites elucidate All my own striving can't relate. Or locate they who can cogitate And so finally terminate. Finis. From: SHERE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/PUZZLES/pi_song X2 3.14159 265358 979 323846 264 338 3279 **************************************************** 1 Sir, I send a rhyme excelling In sacred truth and rigid spelling Numerical sprites elucidate For me the lexicon's dull weight If nature gain Not you complain tho" Dr Johnson fulminate. P. Ar., p. 274 2 Sir, I send a rhyme excelling In sacred truth and rigid spelling Numerical sprites elucidate for me the lexicon's full weight. If nature gain, who can complain tho' Doc Johnson fulminate. From: stephan@artn.iit.edu (Stephan Meyers) Joachim Verhagen : Science Jokes newsgroups: rec.humor Editor's Note: Read: Doc --> Dr English 14 3.14159 265358 979 32384 6264338 3279 **************************************************** 1 Now I know a spell unfailing An artful charm for tasks availing Intricate results entailing Not in too exacting mood. (Poetry is pretty good). Try the talisman. Let be adverse ingenuity. Tietze, p. 220, fn. 12 2 Now, I show a spell unfailing An artful charm, for tasks availing Intricate results entailing Not in too exacting mood Poetry is pretty good Try the talisman. Let be Adverse ingenuity. P. Ar., p. 274 - 275 English 15 3.14159265 358979 323846264 3383279 **************************************************** But a time I spent wandering in bloomy night; Yon tower, tinkling chimewise, loftily opportune. Out, up, and together came sudden to Sunday rite, The one solemnly off to correct plenilune. by Joseph Shipley (1960) Shipley http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikerav.htm English 16 3.14159 265358 979 32384 626433 83279 **************************************************** 1 Now I will a rhyme construct By chosen words the young instruct. Cunningly devised endeavor, Con it and remember ever. Widths of circle here you see. Sketched out in strange obscurity. From: mshapiro@netlink.nix.com (Michael Shapiro) Joachim Verhagen : Science Jokes newsgroups: rec.humor Editor's Note : Read: endeavor --> endeavour 2 Now I will a rhyme construct, By chosen words the young instruct. Cunningly devised endeavour, Con it and remember ever, Widths in circle, here you see Stretch'd out in strange obscurity. From: Darren Rigby From: John Mason, Mike Thomas [stretched --> Stretch'd] Reference: "Fun with Numbers", I think. From: John Mason 3 Now I will a rhyme construct, By chosen words the young instruct, Cunningly devised endeavour, Con it and remember ever, Length in circle here you see, Sketched out in strange obscurity. http://www.erinet.com/lruth/sinclair/issue3.html http://www.erinet.com/lruth/sinclair/vo2is1.html English 17 3.14159 26535 8979 32384 626 4338 3279 **************************************************** 1 Now I, even I, would celebrate In rhymes inapt, the great Immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore, Who in his wondrous lore, Passed on before, Left men his guidance How to circles mensurate. by A. C. Orr Literary Digest, vol. 32 (1906), p. 84 = Moritz, p. 373, #2127 Comment (cf. : English #11.3) I have seen an English mnemonic for Pi, written by the astronomer A. S. Eddington (I think), which starts with "Now I, even I". From: Garry Tee 2 Now I - even I - would celebrate In rhymes unapt the great Immortal Syracusan rivaled nevermore, Who in his wondrous lore, Passed on before, Left men his guidance How to circles mensurate. by Adam C. Orr, of Chicago Literary Digest, 20 Jan., 1906, p. 83 = Gardner I, pp. 92 - 93 [Read: rivalled --> rivaled] Davis, p. 9 Eves, p. 122 3 Now I, even I, would celebrate in rhymes inapt, the great immortal Syracusan rivall'd nevermore who in his wondrous lore passed on before left men his guidance how to circles mensurate. From: Seth Breidbart 4 Now I, even I, would celebrate in rhymes inept, the great immortal Syracusan rivall'd nevermore who in his wondrous lore passed on before left men his guidance how to circles mensurate. From: gsc@cairo.anu.edu.au (Sean Case) Joachim Verhagen : Science Jokes newsgroups: rec.humor 5 Now I even I would celebrate in rhymes inapt the great immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore, who is his wondrous lore passed on before gavem men his guidance how to circles mensurate. ftp://asterix.inescn.pt/pub/forth/talk/bar0531.90 Editor's Note : Read: gavem --> gave 6 Now I - even I - would celebrate In rhymes inept the great Immortal Syracusan rivaled nevermore, Who by his wondrous lore, Untold us before, Made the way straight How to circles mensurate. Dewdney II, p. 25 = Dewdney (de), p. 56 Scott, p. 30 English 18 3.1415926535 8979323 846264338 327950288 4197 **************************************************** All I know I could disregard as hardly worth our while relating. Thousands laboured computing for pi but obtained very little. In modern days one can increase the pi figures utilizing built-up electric monsters. What a marvellous science! by Gazis and Herman (1958) Scott, p. 30 Editor's Note: 0 = - (hyphen)