The best form of procedure in building up blocks from Table B is first to find true sets in the various ways the seventh may be placed in 4, 5, 6 and 7. There must be some before quick, and some after quick. As there are eight sixes, they may be divided into two fours, or six and two. Other ways suggest themselves, but none seem to give truth. Likewise one member of a pair may be reversed, necessitating a single at quick and an odd number of singles at slow. These are suggested as a source which may be investigated by readers; however, the following examples seem to give the most useful results:-
11A odd 13B even 10B --- --- 14C S 1A S 9C 2C even --- --- 8C odd
13C even 8C even 9B --- --- -11C -14A 1A or --- -10C 11B odd 2A --- --- 8C
13A even 2A odd 2C odd --- S11A even or S11C even 14A --- --- 1A --- or as below S10A 9A 11A odd 11B odd --- S 2B even or S 2C even 8A odd --- ---
There are others true, especially in the case of the first pair. The first of the pair is found true in three different sets, and the second also gives three. As the first cannot repeat with the second, they together make up seven true combinations.
To find all the true sets as shown in the examples, prick from the Nos. 2, 8, 11 and 13 in their three forms, and compare the results for true pairs, remembering that either may be reversed if required.
Joining the pairs at quick will present no difficulty, as the seventh is only in front one six, which can only repeat with the slow connection.
The final step is to find true slow connections, neither must they repeat with the six brought in at quick. They will consist of sixes from Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 12; and may commence from any of these in the following form: Nos. 3A, 4A, 5B, 6B, 7C and 12C. This form is fixed by the position of the seventh in the first six of the slow. The combinations may be pricked as required, or the whole of them written out for reference. If all that may cause a five or six-call set are rejected there are 110 of them, and the four below show all that are possible from 3A without singles:-
3A 3A 3A 3A
--- --- --- ---
5B - 4A - 4A - 4A
7B 12B - 5A 12B
--- --- --- ---
- 4C - 7B - 6A 6A
-12C 5C 7A 7A
--- --- --- ---
Having shown a method of finding the possible true blocks, some of these will now be given with the means of joining them. These blocks may now be regarded as public 'property' and readers are free to find new peals from them.
This page created by Philip Saddleton
Last updated 01/09/96