Experiment 176
F3.3 (A14(b)). Same decider as 0175, new readings: the known words' directions as numbers. EAST NORTHEAST as the bearing 67.5 degrees (6 7 5; 0 6 7 5; 67 5; 675; 67 30 as degrees and minutes; 1200 mils), as compass point 6 of 32 or 3 of 16 (and 7, 4 counting from 1), EAST as 90 degrees, point 8 of 32, 4 of 16, NORTHEAST as 45 degrees, 4 of 32, 2 of 16; the pair EAST, NORTHEAST and the triple ENE, E, NE in each scale. Each sequence forward and reversed, every start, both signs, an unknown word of 1-24 letters, 12 table rules. Single numbers are a word shifted by a constant, which 0005's sweep already covers; they are run as a check of the decider.
What the method does with the 24 known letters.
The known words are directions. A direction is also a number: east-northeast is 67.5 degrees on a compass, or the 6th of 32 compass points. Perhaps such a number is half of the keythe secret word The word or string a cipher needs besides the method. and a secret word the other half. For every way of writing these numbers we ask the 24 known lettersthe known letters Sanborn has confirmed that positions 22 to 34 of the message read EASTNORTHEAST and positions 64 to 74 read BERLINCLOCK. what the secret word would be, and compare with scrambled copies.
Words in the margin are defined on the glossary page.
The carved letters go in at the top; the reading comes out at the bottom.
The known words are directions, and a direction is also a number: east-northeast is 67.5 degrees, or the 6th of 32 compass points. Such a number could be half of the key, a secret word the other half.
Every way of writing the directions as numbers, repeated from every start, added or subtracted, with a secret word of 1 to 24 letters on each of 12 table rules; the 24 known letters must agree on the word.
Nothing fits K4 or any of 20 scrambled copies; a planted text is found. F3.3 closed.
This experiment produced no candidate: the search ruled everything out before a full text was built. Its product is the bounded negative in section 7.
Redo the method on a few letters with pencil and paper.
The same steps run by the code on the real letters.
6 7 5 (67.5 degrees) from the first digit, Vigenere on the KRYPTOS table, word length 7
place known carved key num word value slot
22 E F 1 6 21 0
23 A L 10 7 3 1
24 S R 21 5 16 2
25 T V 18 6 12 3
26 N Q 1 7 20 4
27 O Q 15 5 10 5
28 R P 2 6 22 6
29 T R 23 7 16 0
30 H N 5 5 0 1
31 E G 2 6 22 2
32 A K 19 7 12 3
33 S S 0 5 21 4
34 T S 2 6 22 5
64 B N 11 6 5 0
65 E Y 17 7 10 1
66 R P 2 5 23 2
67 L V 5 6 25 3
68 I T 15 7 8 4
69 N T 11 5 6 5
70 C M 9 6 3 6
71 L Z 8 7 1 0
72 O F 7 5 2 1
73 C P 20 6 14 2
74 K K 0 7 19 3
Family, key space, the constraint under test, and the clues it reads.
A14(b) (direction words as numbers, knowledge/12-assumptions.md, for information), C5(b) ('key word/s'), C6 (Scheidt's two-part keys), C15 (K2's 'six point five' bearing language). Model as 0175: carved = T(plain, k_i), k_i = w[i mod a] + s d[(i + o) mod m], 12 rules; the 24 known letters force k; w's slots must agree. Statistic: live settings by checks and dictionary words among forced words, K4 against 20 coppers.
Written before the run; the result decides it.
No setting with 5 or more checks fits K4, as on the coppers; no dictionary word forced. Zero candidates.
The harness's record: candidates, gates, loss, and the negative result this experiment leaves behind.
live settings with >=4 checks: K4 0 (coppers 0-0); dictionary words 4+: K4 0 (coppers 0-0); plant found True
What was searched, as the harness recorded it.
How this experiment sits among the others is on the lineage page; its family's open hypotheses are on the families page.