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Puzzles old and new (1893)

Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 28

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eachhalf working on a very light spring-hinge, so that it restsnormally in a horizontal position, but the moment any weightis allowed to rest upon it, it drops, and the unwary passenger * Manufactured by Messrs. Feltham .& Co. Ptizzles of Dexterity and Perseverance. 5 is precipitated into the… … Fig. 5. The puzzle is to get the marbles one by one up tlie inclinedplane, across the bridge, and into the balcony, each, on itsproper colour. By a knack acquired by practice, the marblescan be shot across the bridge so quickly that they have nottime to drop into the moat below. Beyond this, the…

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