Book of riddles and five hundred home amusements : containing a choice and curious collection of riddles, charades, enigmas, rebuses, anagrams, transpositions, conundrums, amusing puzzles, queer sleights, recreations in arithmetic, fireside games, and natural magic, embracing entertaining amusements in magnetism, chemistry, second sight, and simple recreations in science for family and social pastime (1863)
Frikell, Wiljalba, 1818-1903, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York : Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 94
Fra. 33. Fig. 34. To Place Seven Counters upon an Eight-Pointed Star.Draw a star with eight points (see Fig. 35), which points areconnected together by the lines A D, D G, G B, B E, E H, H C,C F, F A. Provide yourself with eight counters, nunabered from … Fig. 35. 1 to 8. With these the points of the star are to be covered, andin the following manner: Commence by placing a counter upon 88 MISCELLANEOUS CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS. any uncovered point of the star, push it along the line whichunites it to the opposite point, and leave it lying there. You…
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