I think that the first puzzle was interesting for us because even though we both read the same directions, we not only interpreted them totally differently but we also both got them wrong.  While James looked at the puzzle, ht was under the impression that not only did they have to be concentric squares, but they would also have to have each corner placed on a dot.  I, on the other hand, did not understand that the squares would have to take place within the plane of the dots, and therefor I just drew my squares big enough that I could fit three of them on the page and still cover all of the dots.  Neither of us got the correct answer, but it was interesting to see how we both interpreted it.

The second puzzle called for use to could how many 'E' shapes we could make out of the area given.  James counted his in a circular pattern in a clockwise fashion, going from biggest to smallest and ended up with 35 (he disagrees, but I am convinced he counted two of them twice).  I on the other hand figured there could only be 4 different sizes of 'E's and once I had figured that out, I went from left to right and top to bottom to count how many times I could fit each size in the image.  Neither of us got the correct answer because we did not take into account the fact that they could be backwards.  This is probably because neither of us saw it as a shape but rather a letter.  Since it was a letter and not a shape, in our minds it could only face one direction.

This image is originally from the 1928-1948 Ford Chassis Manual, otherwise known as the "Green Bible" to early Ford enthusiasts.  These diagrams gained a lot of popularity in the early Victor Page manuals because they were helpful for the view to see and understand the complete assembly of a part of the car from a single image.  In this image, we see the 59AB flathead engine.  From the location of parts in the image and the numbered tags we are able to discern three very key pieces of information.  The first is the part numbers: each part is individually labeled with a number corresponding to the numbers in the parts books.  This is key because it identifies parts visually for people that may not know the factory name for them.  Second is that is shows the parts in the order in which they are assembled.  This is helpful to the builder who is not sure in which order parts need to be assembled.  Lastly, it shows the final, completed product.  By showing one side of the engine 'exploded' and the other side assembled they are able to illustrate what the final product should look like.