The playground and the parlour: a handbook of boys\ games, sports, and amusements (1868)
Alfred Elliott. · leaf 208
COLLECTION OF PUZZLES. 211 10. The Button Puzzle - Make two parallel slits in the centre of a piece of leather, and just below them a small hole of the same width. Pass a string under the slit and through the hole,, as in. the diagram, and the two Buttons to it, much larger than the hole. Now, how… … or buttons. How would you get both beads on the same side without untying the knots, or removing the string from the holes ? 12. The Fountain. — In the accompanying illustration, a is a wall, b, c, d three houses, and e, f, g three fountains. It is required to ^ bring the water from e to d, from g…
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