Object Details
Description
This disentanglement puzzle consists of two metal pieces bent so that there are arcs of circles at both ends of each piece. The pieces come apart. Both A. C. Gilbert and Sherm's, Inc., sold this as the question puzzle.
Compare MA.335929, MA.335360, and one puzzle of MA.335288.
References:
A.C. Gilbert Company, Book of Instructions for Use with Gilbert Puzzle Parties. . . ., New Haven: A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920, p. 4. 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. pp. 96-97.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Edith R. Meggers
ID Number
MA.335929
accession number
314637
catalog number
335929
Object Name
Puzzle
puzzle
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .8 cm x 5.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 5/16 in x 2 5/32 in x 31/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Mathematical Recreations
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_694590