Stories / The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
🧮 Analysis tool — freeThe Twelve-Mile Trick
How far did the frosted carriage really go? Divide by the freshness of the horse.
An hour's drive says twelve miles; a fresh horse says otherwise. Enter the journey as Hatherley felt it, and get the radius as Holmes drew it.
Drawn from The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1892) — read the summary & analysis, or try Find the House, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.