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Page 1: 10th Century B.C. to 19th Century · Early Mechanical Puzzles 10th Century B.C. to 19th Century by Jerry Slocum. ... 100 to 400 A.D ... mid-19th century .

Early Mechanical Puzzles 10th Century B.C. to 19th Century

by Jerry Slocum

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Puzzle Classification

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Major Historical Sources Pacioli, Catel, Crambrook, Novra, etc.

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Luca Pacioli, Italy, 1500

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Chinese Ivory Puzzles, 1840

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Put Together Puzzles Putting the object together is the puzzle.

Form one square from five.

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Archimedes Stomachion [Greece, 250 B.C.], Modern

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Sei Shonagon’s Wisdom Plates （清少納言智恵の板）

Japan, 1743

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Jigsaw Puzzle Spilsbury, England, 1760

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Daishinpan- chie-no-ita 大新版智恵の板,

Takashima, Japan, 1795

Shin- ｈatsumei chie-no-ita 新発明智恵の板 Japan, 1795

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Utamaro 歌麿

Tagasode 誰袖

Japan, 1804

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Emblematical Puzzle England, 1788

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Tangram Puzzle 七巧図

[China, 1813], Japan Replica：1839, China：1825

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Tangram Problems China, 1825; Germany 1818

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Tangram Craze France, 1818

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Take Apart Puzzles Taking the object apart or open is the puzzle.

Find the secret compartment.

Secret Compartment

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Rings With Secret Compartments [Rome, 2nd C.B.C; 16th C.; Jewish, 16th C.], Modern

Closed

Open

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Roman Trick Lock Rome, 100 to 400 A.D

lever

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Masterpiece Trick Lock Germany, 1831

Key Blocked

1

2

3

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“Key” Trick Knife Opened France, 18th C.

Bolster

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Spanish Puzzle Knife Victoria & Albert, Spain, 1699

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Indian Puzzle Purse Ozanam, France, 1725; America, 1890

4 Dice

Stitches

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Brass & Leather Puzzle Purse Scandinavian, 1813

Push

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Puzzle Casket Germany, 17th C.

False Keyhole

Push Keyhole

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Slope With Secret Compartments England, 1800

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Opening Slope’s Secret Compartments

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Desk With Secret

Compartments Rijksmuseum -

Netherlands, 1760-65

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Hakone Four-Direction Trick Boxes Youngblood, Kaneko（金子皓彦）; Japan,

mid-19th century

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Four Direction Boxes National Museum of Ethnology - 1818 - 1826

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Trick Springboxes National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden; Japan, 1822

Push Push

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Trick Springboxes National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden - 1813-1829

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Interlocking Puzzles Disassemble & assemble to solve the puzzle.

Assemble a 7-piece burr.

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Le Clerc Engraving France, 1698

Burr

Expanded Burr

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Early Interlocking Burr Puzzles Spain, 1733; Germany, 1785

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Burrs (6, 7, 9, 12 and 24 pieces) [Japan, 1830]; China, 1840 (Ivory)

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Baudenbrecher Catalog Germany, 1862

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Disentanglement puzzles Disentangle and entangle to solve the puzzle.

Remove the Ring.

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Pacioli String Puzzles [Italy, 1500], China 1840, Modern

Cherry Cheat Solomon’s Seal

Alliance

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Chie-no-ito 智恵の糸

(Ingenious String) Japan, 1830

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Chinese Rings

Puzzles 九連環

[China, 200 A.D.] China, 1840 Japan, 1755

Germany, 1785 India, 1832

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Puzzle Vessels Drinking without spilling, or filling a vessel is the puzzle.

Drink without spilling. Solution

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Puzzle Jugs England, [15th C.], 1834, 1859

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Puzzle Jugs China, 1700; Russia, 1785

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Bottom-Fill Vessel Metropolitan, Cyprus, 1,000 B.C.

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Chinese Bottom-Fill Vessels China, [960], Modern; 1770

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Tantalus Cup [Greece, 6th C.B.C.], Japan, 1800-1850

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Goblets with Siphons Russia, 1700

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Impossible Puzzles The puzzle is to explain how an object was made.

•  Solution: •  The balls were

compressed and squeezed through the hole in the top of the bottle.

How did the balls get in the bottle?

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Impossible Bottle Puzzle England, 1719

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American Indian Puzzle Peace Pipe U.S.A., [1825], 1890

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Spouting Bowl [China, 220 B.C.] China, Modern

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Hero’s Fountains ヘロンの噴水、自動噴水器[Egypt, 1st C.], Japan, 19th Century

（L)　鈴木一義「からくり人形」（学研）、（R) http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp

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Magic Mirrors

[China, 220 A.D] Japan, Modern China, Modern


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