Appliances for New Games or Puzzles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Appliances for New Games or Puzzles.
We, PERCY ALEXANDER MACMAHON, Major R.A., F.R.S., of 2
toad, Woolwich, and JULIAN ROBERT JOHN JOCELYN, Major R
Retreat, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, do hereby declare the nature of t
o be as follows:-
The appliances consist of sets of cubes colored or marked on t
erein after described.
They may be colored or marked either with three or six colors or d
The 3 color set consists of 27 cubes each cube having opposite faces
color.
There are
1 cube with three pairs of opposite faces all color 1.
1 cube with three pairs of opposite faces all color 2.
1 cube with three pairs of opposite faces all color 3.
3 cubes 2 pairs of opposite faces color 1 remaining pair color 2.
3 cubes 2 pairs of opposite faces color 1 remaining pair color 3.
3 cubes 2 pairs of opposite faces color 2 remaining pair color 1.
3 cubes 2 pairs of opposite faces color 2 remaining pair color 3.
3 cubes 2 pairs of opposite faces color 3 remaining pair color 1.
3 cubes 2 pairs of opposite faces color 3 remaining pair color 2.
6 cubes have three colors 1, 2 and 3 opposite faces of some color
27 in all.
On the same principle sets of cubes can be made involving
8, 27 (as above detailed) or 64 &c. cubes.
One game or puzzle with the 27 cubes is to put them up into a sing
putting like colors in contact so that the single cube may have the s
each face.
If six colors are used the set consists of 30 cubes, each cube havi
different colors and on no two cubes are the colors similarly placed.
One game or puzzle is to select the two cubes having
color 1 opposite color 2
color 3 opposite color 4
color 5 opposite color 6
and to further select the 16 cubes in which none of these opposites
16 cubes have to be put up into two cubes (each involving 8 cubes)
to the two cubes first selected. But like colors must always be in c
The cubes can also be used for other like games or puzzles.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1892.
27 in all.
On the same principle sets of cubes can be made involving
8, 27 (as above detailed) or 64 &c. cubes.
One game or puzzle with the 27 cubes is to put them up into a single cube always
putting like colors in contact so that the single cube may have the same design on
each face.
If six colors are used the set consists of 30 cubes, each cube having its faces of
different colors and on no two cubes are the colors similarly placed.
One game or puzzle is to select the two cubes having
color 1 opposite color 2
color 3 opposite color 4
color 5 opposite color 6
and to further select the 16 cubes in which none of these opposites occur.
These
16 cubes have to be put up into two cubes (each involving 8 cubes) exactly similar
to the two cubes first selected. But like colors must always be in contact.
The cubes can also be used for other like games or puzzles.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1892.

page_text: On the same principle sets of cubes can be made involving-
8, 27 (as above detailed) or 64 &c. cubes that is (a + b)³ (a + b + c)³
(a + b + c + d)³ &c. a, b and c representing the three different colors.
One game or puzzle with the 27 cubes is to put them up into a single cube always
putting like colours in contact so that the single cube may have the same design
on each face.
If six colours are used the set consists of 30 cubes, each cube having its faces of
different colours and on no two cubes are the colours similarly placed.
One game or puzzle is to select the two cubes having
colour 1 opposite colour 2
colour 3 opposite colour 4
colour 5 opposite colour 6,
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30
and to further select the 16 cubes in which none of these opposites occur. These 35
16 cubes have to be put up into two cubes (each involving 8 cubes) exactly similar
'to the two cubes first selected. But like colours must always be in contact.
The cubes can also be used for other like games or puzzles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we 40
claim is :-
The appliances for games or puzzles, consisting of the sets of cubes colored or
marked on their faces as herein described.
Di. 07ah d. of T1802