Disentanglement Puzzle, Question Puzzle
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.335929, MA.335360, and one puzzle of MA.335288.
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content: References:
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content: A.C. Gilbert Company, <I>Book of Instructions for Use with Gilbert Puzzle Parties. . . .</I>, New Haven: A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920, p. 4. A copy of this booklet is online at gamearchives.org, accessed July 26, 2017.
label: Description
content: Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans, <I>Puzzles Old & New: How to Make and Solve Them</I>, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986, esp. pp. 96-97.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Mathematical Recreations
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.335929
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 335929
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puzzle
label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 5.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 5/16 in x 2 5/32 in x 31/32 in