The constellation
H1022 Task: construction from impossible amount of material
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- Task: weaving cloth from two threads · H1022.1 entry
- Task: making many shirts (clothing an army) from one hank of flax (wool) · H1022.2 entry
- Task: making sails for ship from one bundle of linen; countertask: making spindle and loom from one stick of wood. (Cf. H951.) · H1022.3 entry
- Task: making shirt from piece of linen three inches square · H1022.4 entry
- Task: feeding army from one measure of meal · H1022.5 entry
- Task: making many kinds of food from one small bird · H1022.6 entry
- Task: making boat from splinters of a spindle and shuttle · H1022.7 entry
- Task: brewing impossible amount of ale from one grain of corn · H1022.8 entry
- Task: bringing quantity of mosquito bones within month; countertask: furnishing scales with wind as beams and heat as pans. (Cf. H951.) · H1022.9 entry