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Elementary, my dear Watson. (Posted on 2023-11-25) Difficulty: 3 of 5

'The insolence of the man!' cried Holmes in fury.

'The arrogance of revealing his plan to me in advance, not to mention the impudent swagger of signing it with his own name! Moreover, today is the sixth. If we are to avert catastrophe, we must make the utmost haste! Watson, the note is self-explanatory; please make the necessary arrangements at once.'

He handed me a piece of paper, marked with the following legend:

28 7 90 34 78 61 16 15 88 39 15 8 53 16 8 7 31 34 16 49 84 57 60

59 8 26 16 38 42 75 18 22

Puzzle as I might, I could not make head nor tail of it.

Can you assist Watson in deciphering the mysterious message?

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Solution Key to the method Comment 4 of 4 |
Atomic number replaced by symbol of element.
NiNThSePtPmSPRaYPOISONGaSeSInPoLaNd
PrOFeSSrMoReArTi

With spaces added for readability:
NiNTh SePt Pm SPRaY POISON GaSeS In PoLaNd 
PrOFeSSr MoReArTi

Of course, the name Moriarti is misspelled in the code because there is no element with symbols Ri, Or, R, M, or Rm.  Not every word can be spelled perfectly with this encoding method.

Ninth Sept pm spray poison gases in Poland 
Professr Moriarti

  Posted by Larry on 2023-11-29 10:29:38
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