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Disentanglement Puzzle, Nail Puzzle

American History Museum

Nail Puzzle
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  • Nail Puzzle
  • Nail Puzzle
  • Nail Puzzle
  • Box for Disentanglement Puzzles

    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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    Medicine and Science: Mathematics
    Science & Mathematics

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Mathematics
    Mathematical Recreations

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-2aa6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_694617

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