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An attempt to count the possible ways of arranging three circles.
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The first row shows the possible ways of arranging two circles
(separated, touching, intersecting, one inside the other touching, one inside the other but not touching).
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Below that, a third circle is added, outside the other two but touching both, or between them touching both,
or outside one but touching the other, and so on.
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The attempt soon becomes erratic, but is an interesting example of Harriot's liking for systematic </s>
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<emph style="bf">Commentary: </emph>
The comment 'better' appears to refer to the re-ordering of the first row as 1, 3, 5, 4, ]