Puzzle, Fisher Cube
date: label: Date made
content: 1985
name: label: maker
content: Fisher, Tony
notes: label: Description
content: The Fisher Cube is the first puzzle conceived of and made by Tony Fisher, of Ipswich, England. This puzzle was custom produced in 1985. It is a variant of the Rubik's cube that uses the same mechanism but the placement of that mechanism in the center is altered so not all six faces of the cube look the same. In the solved position there are four faces (purple, pink, yellow, and turquoise) with six small rectangles and three large rectangles and there are two faces (green and white) with one small square in the center, four pentagons, and four small triangles.
label: Description
content: Solving a Fisher Cube is similar to solving a Rubik’s Cube although additional moves may be needed.
label: Description
content: This puzzle is among Rubik’s Cube related items from the Cube Museum, which operated in Grand Junction, Colorado, from 1988 to 1991. For more information about the Rubik’s Cube and other twisting puzzles that use the same or similar mechanisms see 1987.0805.01.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: TonyFisherPuzzles [Fisher Cube Puzzle] website.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematical Recreations
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Twisting Puzzles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cecil Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0061.12
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0061.12
label: accession number
content: 2006.0061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in