Disentanglement Puzzle, Wishbone Puzzle
notes: label: Description
content: The disentanglement puzzle consists of two bent metal pieces with circular heads. These are fitted together but come apart. A.C. Gilbert sold this as the wishbone puzzle. That name is used here, although there is no mark definitely associating the puzzle with A.C. Gilbert.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: A.C. Gilbert Company, <I>Book of Instructions for Use with Gilbert Puzzle Parties. . . .</I>, New Haven: A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920, p. 8. 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.335931
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 335931
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puzzle
label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 11 cm x 2.5 cm; 13/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 31/32 in