Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 95
s some threequarters ofan inch beyond the web, can be unscrewed, as shown inFig. 101. With the key in this condition the ring can bepassed gver the web, and on to the stem, without difficultv. 72 Puzzles Old and Neiv. This puzzle is sometimes introduced in the guise of a con-juring trick. For use… … possibly hope to remove it with the unassisted fingers,though, the wizard, armed with the fake, can do so atpleasure. It is hardly necessary to remark that, for puzzlepurposes, the use of such an appliance is illegitimate, itbeing an understood thing that every fair puzzle con-tains within itself…
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