Object Details
Description
This disentanglement puzzle consists of two entangled bent nails that are to be separated.
A solution to the puzzle is given in a 1920 A.C. Gilbert publication cited below. Slocum and Botermans discuss the history of the puzzle.
Compare MA.335296, MA.335928, and one of the puzzles in MA.335288.
References:
A.C. Gilbert Company, Book of Instructions for Use with Gilbert Puzzle Parties. . . ., New Haven: A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920, p. 6. A copy of this booklet is online at gamearchives.org, accessed July 26, 2017.
Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans, Puzzles Old & New: How to Make and Solve Them, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986, esp. p. 97.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Edith R. Meggers
ID Number
MA.335928
catalog number
335928
accession number
314637
Object Name
Puzzle
puzzle
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .8 cm x 5.1 cm x 3.4 cm; 5/16 in x 2 in x 1 11/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Mathematical Recreations
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_694617