TROVIDIUNALITTUATION, An Improved Game or Puzzle.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
TROVIDIUNALITTUATION,
An Improved Game or Puzzle.
We EDWARD DODD, Civil Engineer & ROBERT PARKER DODD, Civil
Engineer, both of 48 Kingscote Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick MATTHEW SEAWARD, Civil Engineer, 40 Colston Street Bristol, in
the County of Gloucester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved Political Puzzle, and has for its object a
number of marbles, or other approved material, which, when correctly moved,
having only one way opened to them, via the Lobby, will pass from A to B : i.e. all
A's marbles will pass over to B's side and vice versa.
In carrying out our invention into practice, we propose to have a plate of
metal, wood, glass, china, or other approved materials, with a suitable number of
cupholes to receive the marbles, and shown on the accompanying drawing in
Figs. 1 & 2; or it may be of a suitable number of square shaped compartments to
contain the marbles, as shown in the accompanying drawing in Fig. 3.
But we prefer the former shape, as it will be easier to manufacture, & this plate
together with the marbles in position, is placed in a thin box to prevent the marbles
from being lost.
The puzzle game, consists in the passing of B's body of marbles through the
Lobby to A's quarters, and at the same time A's body of marbles are being passed
through the Lobby to B's quarters; equal numbers being passed at the same time
to either quarters; as indicated in Fig. 1 by the arrows.
It must be distinctly understood that A's marbles cannot pass over more than
one of B's at a time: i.c. if there are two of B's marbles together, then it will be
impossible for A to move over.
In order that our said invention may be more readily understood: we have
shown the same on the accompanying drawing. Wherein is shown a plan and
sections of the puzzle, divided as hereinbefore described.

page_text: in its original position, thus causing an obstruction again in the Lobby, so that
neither A, nor B, can move.
Dated this 8th day of December One thousand eight hundred and ninety-one
(8th December 1891).
EDWARD DODD, C.E.
R. P. DODD, C.E.
M. SEAWARD, C.E.
Fredk. Walker, M.S.E.,
Engineer, Registered Patent Agent, 11, Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. .
An Improved Game or Puzzle.
We EDWARD DODD Civil Engineer and ROBERT PARKER DODD Civil
Engineer both of 48 Kingscote Road Edgbaston Birmingham in the County of
Warwick and MATTHEW SEAWARD Civil Engineer of 40 Colston Street Bristol
in the County of Gloucester do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to an improved game or puzzle to be played with marbles
or the like upon a suitably arranged board the object of the game or puzzle being
to move all the marbles or pieces from one side of the board to the other side
thereof.
In describing our said invention we shall in order that the same may be readily
comprehended refer to the drawings filed with our Provisional Specification in
which
Fig. 1 represents a plan view of the board on which the game or puzzle is
played.
Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same.
Fig. 3 is an alternative construction of the board hereinafter referred to.
In carrying out our invention in practice we take a piece of tin plate wood or
other suitable material band make a number of cup shaped indentations or depres-
sions or holes therein and if the board is of sheet metal we form a flange all round
the same somewhat deeper than the said indentations of which there may be any
convenient number symetrically arranged an equal number being on each side of
the centre of the board as shewn at Fig. 1.
C is an indentation or hole similar to those above described called "the Lobby "
in the middle of the board.
"
We also provide as many marbles balls or pieces as there are depressions or
holes a sufficient number to fill all the depressions on one side of "the Lobby
being of one color and called "Liberals" and an equal number of another color
are called "Conservatives" the odd ball or piece H is called "the Irish Member'
"Home Ruler" and is colored differently from the other balls.
"
or
"
One side of the board is the "Government" side and the other the "Opposition
side and the object of the game or puzzle is the transference of the men or balls on
the "
Opposition" side to the "Government" side of the board and vice versa each
man moved having to pass through the central indentation or "Lobby."
In the alternative arrangement shewn in Figure 3 raised partitions are used
instead of the indentations or holes.
a is a box to contain the board and pieces.
The directions for solving the puzzle or playing the game are
I. Remove the "Home Ruler" from "Lobby."
II. "Liberals "
may pass one at a time through "Lobby
"
to "
'Government
"
side but must not pass over more than one "Conservative" at a time. They

page_text: must only move in a straight line, and at right angles, and not diagonally; likewise
the "Conservatives" until the sides are exchanged the "Conservatives"
opposition.
The "Conservatives " may then be returned in the same way.
being in
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
claim is :-
The improved game or puzzle substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn
by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of September 1892.
FREDK.
WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, Agent for Applicant.