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Puzzles old and new (1893)

Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 60

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tch from a box which hecannot open, and which, in some cases even does him a mildpersonal injury by unexpectedly pricking his fingers. Oneof the oldest, and at the same time one of the cleverest, ofpuzzle match-boxes is now known as— No. XXX.—The Psycho Mateh-box. This is an oblong box of wood or… … Fig. 55. is the same. A portion (a) of the top works on a pivot, asshown in our illustration, and any one taking up the boxfor the first time naturally imagines that on pushing thisaside he will have access to the interior. But such is notthe case, nothing but a plain wooden surface (with or with-…

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