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  1. Puzzle box

    Multiple issues refimprove June 2009 essay like December 2007 File Japanese Secret Puzzle Box.jpg thumb right Japanese puzzle box A puzzle box also called a secret, or trick box is a box that can only be opened through some obscure or complicated series of manipulations. Some puzzle boxes may require only a simple squeeze in the right spot, whereas others may require the subtle movement of several small parts, to open the box. Some puzzle boxes are comparable to burr puzzle s. The puzzle box originated in the Hakone region of Japan at the turn of the 19th century as the Himitsu Bako, or Personal Secret Box. If opened, a puzzle box usually contains a sort of good luck charm. ref http www.johnrausch.com Puzzleworld puz japanese trick box.htm Japanese Trick Box ref These boxes were made in various complexities, and consist of moves with a variety of twists to trick the person trying to open the box, but the real trick is finding the correct series of movements that can range from two to 300 moves. ref http www.benegifts.com Yosegi Trick Box p 71.html Yosegi ref See also Disentanglement puzzle s Lemarchand s Box Mechanical puzzle s Puzzle Yosegi References references DEFAULTSORT Puzzle Box Category Mechanical puzzles ja ...   more details



  1. Singer puzzle box

    Image Singer.PuzzleBox.jpg right thumb 300px Style No. 14 puzzle box A Singer puzzle box is a collection of accessories for a sewing machine. Produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company during the 19th and 20th centuries, these neat and compact kits provide supplies and attachments for easing many common sewing tasks. At the time they were called Style boxes, and were numbered consecutively from 1 Style No. 1 to 14 as newer versions evolved from older ones. They are now vintage , in museums and collections, although some extant sets are still in service. The boxes include accessory attachments for hemming , braiding, underbraiding, Tuck sewing tucking , shirring , Binding sewing binding , quilting , and ruffling , plus spare needles, bobbins , screws, and screwdrivers. gallery File Singer.Style.BinderFoot.JPG Binder foot File Singer.Style.BraiderFoot.JPG Braider foot File Singer.Style.FabricGuide.JPG Fabric guide File Singer.Style.HemmerFoot.Number4.JPG Hemmer foot number 4 File Singer.Style.Ruffler.JPG Ruffler File Singer.Style.ShirringPlate.JPG Shirring plate File Singer.Style.Tucker.JPG Tucker File Singer.Style.Underbraider.JPG Underbraider gallery The accessories fit into a fold out rectangular wooden box elegantly lined with velvet. Each accessory has its own particular niche in the box, such that they will all fit together into the small space of the folded up box. The box was invented in 1888 ref John M. Griest filed for patent on 6 August 1888 and received US patent 397980 on 19 February 1889 ref by John M. Griest, a Singer employee ref As indicated by the assignor in his patent ref who won a US patent for the design. References reflist sewing Category Sewing machines ...   more details



  1. File:Puzzle Bobble box art.jpg

    Summary Non free use rationale Article Puzzle Bobble Description Screenshot showing the box art of Puzzle Bobble for the PC Windows 95 Source Own photo by uploader Portion Original media package Low resolution Yes Image size is reduced Purpose To identify and illustrate the game or program in its own article or a closely related article. Replaceability No free equivalent of this image exists. Other non free images can be easily provided. other information This image does not allow users to make illegal copies of the software, and does not diminish the copyright holder s ability to market the software. Licensing Non free game cover Windows ...   more details



  1. File:Search box moved directly beneath the puzzle globe.png

    Summary Information Description Screenshot of the Main Page in Firefox 3.0 RC1 with the search box moved directly beneath the puzzle globe Source self made Date 21 May 2008 UTC Author User Remember the dot Remember the dot sup User talk Remember the dot talk sup other versions Licensing Wikipedia screenshot logo yes Non free Wikimedia logo ...   more details



  1. T puzzle

    Image T Legespiel.svg thumb Solution of the T puzzle Image T Legespiel Konstruktion.svg thumb Construction The T puzzle is a puzzle the object of which is to assemble four shapes into the form of a letter T . External links http mathworld.wolfram.com T Puzzle.html T Puzzle at MathWorld http tpuzzle.info index.html T Puzzle solutions Category Tiling puzzles puzzle game stub de T Puzzle ...   more details



  1. Lock puzzle

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Puzzles A lock puzzle is a type of mechanical puzzle . It consists of a Lock device lock with unusual or hidden mechanics. Such locks are sometimes called trick locks , because opening them is like performing a Magic illusion magic trick . A matching key may or may not be used in this trick. Lock puzzle s have a long history. Chinese jewelry boxes often contain trick locks and hidden drawers. An example of such a box is an integral part of the plot of the movie Shanghai Knights . Clive Barker s horror novella The Hellbound Heart later adapted into a movie Hellraiser , followed by numerous original sequels centered around Lemarchand s box which appears to be such a puzzle box but in fact opens the gates to Hell when manipulated. Other lock puzzles stem from the necessity to invent secure locks in the Middle Ages . Lock puzzles are closely related to puzzle box es. DEFAULTSORT Lock Puzzle Category Mechanical puzzles Puzzle game stub ...   more details



  1. Conway puzzle

    Image Conway puzzle bricks.png thumb Pieces used in the Conway puzzle, one of each kind. Conway s puzzle is a packing problem using rectangular blocks, named after its inventor, mathematician John Horton Conway John Conway . It calls for packing thirteen 1 2 4 blocks, one 2 2 2 block, one 1 2 2 block, and three 1 1 3 blocks into a 5 5 5 box. ref cite web url http mathworld.wolfram.com ConwayPuzzle.html title Conway Puzzle work Wolfram MathWorld accessdate 2007 03 14 ref Solution Image Conway puzzle partial solution.png thumb A possible placement for the three 1 1 3 blocks. The solution of the Conway puzzle is straightforward when one realizes that the three 1 1 3 blocks need to be placed so that precisely one of them appears in each 5 5 1 slice of the cube. ref Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy Wining ways for your mathematical plays, 2nd ed, vol. 4, 2004. ref See also Slothouber Graatsma puzzle External links http www.johnrausch.com PuzzlingWorld chap03f.htm The Conway puzzle in Stewart Coffin s The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections References references Category Discrete geometry Category Tiling puzzles Category Recreational mathematics Mathapplied stub eo Enigmo de Conway ...   more details



  1. Jigsaw puzzle

    the puzzle to be solved in a certain order some pieces will not fit in if others are already in place. Also common are puzzle boxes simple three dimensional jigsaw puzzles with a small drawer or box ...Unreferenced date February 2011 For the Rolling Stones song, see Jigsaw Puzzle song Puzzles A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking ... complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture. In some cases more advanced types have appeared ... a jigsaw puzzle some companies offer to turn personal photographs into puzzles. Completed puzzles ... of jigsaw puzzle accessories including boards, cases, frames and roll up mats has become available that are designed to assist jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts. Construction Image Puzzle historical map 1639.JPG 200px thumb An assembled jigsaw puzzle of a historical map from 1639 Most modern jigsaw puzzles ... greater and a typical 1000 piece puzzle will require a press which can generate upwards of 700 tons of force to push the knives of the puzzle die through the board. A puzzle die comprises ..., typically foam rubber, the function of which is the ejection of the cut puzzle pieces. New technology ... puzzle market. Variations File Jigsaw Puzzle version 1.0.1.png thumb 200px right Jigsaw Puzzle software version 1.0.1 for Mac OS System 7 7 .5 File JigsawSoftware.jpeg thumb 200px right Jigsaw Puzzle ... piece, and 1,000 piece sizes, however the largest commercial puzzle has 32,256 pieces and spans 544  cm by 192  cm. The most common layout for a thousand piece puzzle is 38 pieces by 27 pieces ... the middle of the puzzle. This allows a family or puzzlers of different skill levels and different size hands to work on the puzzle at the same time. Companies like Springbok Puzzles Springbok , Cobble Hill Puzzles Cobble Hill , Ravensburger , and Suns Out make this type of specialty puzzle. Image Puzzle Krypt 2.jpg 210px thumb left A puzzle without a picture Ravensburger Krypt There are also ...   more details



  1. Fifteen puzzle

    box of movable pieces which became known as the 14 15 Puzzle . This is false Loyd had nothing ...Image 15 puzzle.svg thumb right A solved 15 puzzle The n puzzle is known in various versions, including the 8 puzzle , the 15 puzzle , and with various names Gem Puzzle , Boss Puzzle , Game of Fifteen , Mystic Square and many others . It is a sliding puzzle that consists of a frame of numbered square tiles in random order with one tile missing. If the size is 3 3, the puzzle is called the 8 puzzle or 9 puzzle, and if 4 4, the puzzle is called the 15 puzzle or 16 puzzle. The object of the puzzle is to place the tiles in order see diagram by making sliding moves that use the empty space. The n puzzle ... positions for the n puzzle are impossible to resolve, no matter how many moves are made ... class es via a hamiltonian path . harvtxt Wilson 1974 studied the analogue of the 15 puzzle ... versions of the n puzzle, finding a solution is easy, but the problem of finding the shortest ... Extension of the 15 PUZZLE Is Intractable . National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1986. ref For the 15 puzzle, lengths of optimal solutions range from 0 to 80 moves the 8 puzzle can be solved ... of the fifteen puzzle form a groupoid not a group, as not all moves can be composed ref http www.neverendingbooks.org index.php the 15 puzzle groupoid 1.html The 15 puzzle groupoid 1 , Never Ending Books ref ref http www.neverendingbooks.org index.php the 15 puzzle groupoid 2.html The 15 puzzle groupoid 2 , Never Ending Books ref this Group action Generalizations groupoid acts on configurations. History Image 15 puzzle loyd.svg thumb right Sam Loyd s unsolvable 15 puzzle, with tiles 14 and 15 exchanged. This puzzle is not solvable because it would require a change of the invariant ... candidate in 1880 The puzzle was invented by Noyes Palmer Chapman, ref name slocum sonneveld ... puzzle consisting of 16 numbered blocks that were to be put together in rows of four, magic square ...   more details



  1. Monkey puzzle

    Monkey Puzzle may refer to Araucaria araucana , the monkey puzzle tree , a species of conifer Rathinda amor , a species of butterfly Monkey Puzzle band , an a cappella music group Monkey Puzzle rock band , a New Zealand rock band The Monkey Puzzle UFO album The Monkey Puzzle UFO album The Monkey Puzzle The Saints album The Monkey Puzzle The Saints album , 1981 Monkey Puzzle book , an illustrated children s book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler disambig ...   more details



  1. Puzzle (disambiguation)

    Wiktionarypar puzzle A puzzle is a type of mental challenge. Puzzle may also refer to Puzzle 2006 film Puzzle 2006 film , the 2006 Korean film written and directed by Tae kyeong Kim Puzzle 2010 film Puzzle 2010 film , the 2010 Argentine film Puzzle Biffy Clyro album , the 2007 fourth album by Scottish group Biffy Clyro Puzzle Tahiti 80 album , the 1999 album by the pop band Tahiti 80 Puzzle Dada album , the 1992 debut album by the rock band dada Puzzle Gianna Nannini album , the 1986 album by Gianna Nannini Puzzle Amiina album , 2010 album by Amiina Puzzle Narnia , a character in C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia disambig es Puzzle fr Puzzle homonymie it Puzzle disambigua ja ...   more details



  1. Mechanical puzzle

    direction. Boxes called secret boxes or puzzle box es with secret opening mechanisms extremely popular ...Puzzles Cleanup date January 2010 A mechanical puzzle is a puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces. History The oldest known mechanical puzzle comes from Greece and appeared in the 3rd ... puzzle locks were made as early as the 17th century AD. The next known occurrence of puzzles is in Japan ... 1800 the Tangram puzzle from China became popular, and 20 years later it had spread through Europe ... of different shapes, the so called Anker puzzles . Image PuzzleByAltekruse.jpg thumb 200px Puzzle ... grew into a reference work for puzzle games and modern copies exist for those interested. The beginning ... patents for puzzles were recorded. The puzzle shown in the picture, made of 12 identical pieces by W ... thumb 200px left Hoffman s packing problem In this category, the puzzle is present in component ... are all examples of this type of puzzle. Furthermore, problems in which a number of pieces have to be arranged so as to fit into a seemingly too small box are also classed in this category. The image ..., C into a box of side length A B C, subject to two constraints 1 A, B, C must not be equal 2 The smallest of A, B, C must be larger than math A B C 4 math One possibility would be A 18, B 20, C 22 the box ... help a puzzle may be designed in such a way that it has the fewest possible solutions, or a solution requiring the most steps possible. The consequence is that solving the puzzle can be very difficult .... For example, one puzzle consists of several discs in which angular sections of varying ... solve this puzzle. The problem here lies in the shape of the interlocking pieces the mating surfaces .... Interlocking puzzles Main Burr puzzle Image SixPartWoodKnot.jpg thumb 200px Chinese wood knot In an interlocking puzzle, one or more pieces hold the rest together, or the pieces are mutually self sustaining. The aim is to completely disassemble and then reassemble the puzzle. Examples of these are the well ...   more details



  1. Hotel puzzle

    Hotel puzzle may refer to Hotel Mario , a computer puzzle game Missing dollar riddle , a financial paradox disamb ...   more details



  1. The Chinese Puzzle

    The Chinese Puzzle may refer to The Chinese Puzzle film The Chinese Puzzle film , a 1932 film starring Austin Trevor The Chinese Puzzle TV series The Chinese Puzzle TV series , a 1974 British children s television series Disambig ...   more details



  1. Combination puzzle

    cleanup date September 2009 Puzzles A combination puzzle , also known as a sequential move puzzle , is a puzzle ... combinations by a Group mathematics group of operation mathematics operation s. The puzzle is solved ... in order . The most famous of these puzzles is the original Rubik s Cube , a cubic puzzle in which each ... colours are distributed amongst the pieces of the cube. The mechanical construction of the puzzle ... of the puzzle. Since neither unpeeling the stickers nor disassembling the cube is an allowed ... a mechanical realization of the puzzle is usual, it is not actually necessary. It is only necessary that the rules for the operations are defined. The puzzle can be realized entirely in Virtual Computer ... that can only be realized in virtual space. An example is the 4 dimensional 3 3 3 3 tesseract puzzle ... . That is, all its edges form right angles. Or in other words in the majority of cases , a box shape. A regular cuboid, in the context of this article, is a cuboid puzzle where all the pieces are the same ... 3 3 3 Cube Puzzle 100 px Commercial name Rubik s Cube br Geometric shape Cube br Piece configuration ... Puzzle 100 px Commercial name Rubik s Revenge br Geometric shape Cube br Piece configuration 4 4 4 ... on the 3x3x3 Rubik s Cube. Image Combination Puzzle 5x5x5 Rubik.jpg 5 5 5 Cube Puzzle 100 px Commercial ... to unscramble the centre pieces and edges. Image Pocket cube solved.jpg 2 2 2 Cube Puzzle ... Cube Puzzle 100 px Commercial name V CUBE br Geometric shape Cube br Piece configuration 2 2 2 to 11 ... 3 3 Hypercube Puzzle 100 px 4 Dimensional puzzle br Geometric shape Tesseract br Piece configuration ... 3 4 4 br Piece configuration 4th 2 2 6 Most of the puzzles in this class of puzzle are generally custom made in small numbers. Most of them start with the internal mechanism of a standard puzzle. Additional ... fused. The largest example known to exist is in The Puzzle Museum ref http www.puzzlemuseum.com month picm03 200301mcu.htm Collection of cube puzzles at The Puzzle Museum Accesed 2nd Jan 2008 and archived ...   more details



  1. Puzzle globe

    Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Selfref For Wikipedia s logo, see Wikipedia Wikipedia logos Wikipedia logos . Image 3d jigsaw puzzle.jpg thumb A puzzle globe representing an historical globe of the Earth. A puzzle globe , also called jigsaw globe , globe puzzle , puzzle ball , puzzle sphere or spherical puzzle , is a Sphere spherical assembly of Jigsaw puzzle puzzle pieces that, when put together, form a complete sphere or globe . The Wikipedia logo is an example of such a puzzle, although, unlike the Wikipedia logo, actual puzzle globes will generally have a one piece spherical Substrate materials science substrate that supports the puzzle pieces as they are laid in place. In some puzzle globes the substrate is steel and the puzzle pieces are magnet ic the magnetic attraction keeps pieces on the lower portion of the sphere from falling off. Like a 2 D puzzle, a globe puzzle is often made of cardboard and the assembled pieces form a single layer. Like a 3 D puzzle, the final form is a three dimensional shape. Most globe puzzles have designs representing spherical shapes such as the Earth , the Moon , and historical globes of the Earth. See also Tetrisphere Commons category Puzzle globes Category Tiling puzzles Category Mechanical puzzles DEFAULTSORT Puzzle Globe de Puzzleball ...   more details



  1. Economic puzzle

    Unreferenced date July 2009 A puzzle in macroeconomics is a situation where the outcome of theory is inconsistent with observed macroeconomic data. An example might be the Equity premium puzzle which relates to the fact that over the last two hundred years, the risk premium of stocks over bonds has been around 5.5 , much larger than expected from theory. Equity Premium Puzzle was first documented by Mehra and Prescot 1985 . List of puzzles see also Category Economic puzzles Equity premium puzzle home bias in trade puzzle equity home bias puzzle consumption correlations puzzle Feldstein Horioka puzzle Real exchange rate puzzles Retirement consumption puzzle Missing trade puzzle, also known as Border puzzle DEFAULTSORT Economic Puzzle Category Economics terminology Economic term stub ...   more details



  1. Construction puzzle

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Puzzles In a construction puzzle you have to build assemble a technical contraption. This may be a static object such as a bridge or a mechanical object like a machine . In a wider sense a construction puzzle is any puzzle where you have to assemble a given set of pieces in a certain way. Examples for these types of construction puzzles are the stick puzzle s, many tiling puzzle s and also some mechanical puzzle s. Types of construction puzzles some mechanical puzzle s are construction puzzles. some packing problem s can be seen as construction puzzles. stick puzzle s is a sub type of construction puzzles. some tiling puzzle s can be seen as construction puzzles. others Examples Armadillo Run Bridge Builder Bridge Builder 2 Crazy Machines Crazy Machines 2 Elefunk The Incredible Machine game The Incredible Machine Pipe Mania World of Goo DEFAULTSORT Construction Puzzle Category Puzzles Category Puzzle video games ...   more details



  1. Puzzle Collection

    Puzzle Collection may refer to Microsoft Entertainment Pack The Puzzle Collection , a collection of puzzle computer games including game designs by Alexey Pajitnov Nintendo Puzzle Collection , a collection of puzzle video games by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube home console Pok mon Puzzle Collection , a puzzle minigames collection for the Pok mon mini handheld game console nihongo Vol. 4 Nazotoki Collection Vol.4 , a video game in the Hudson Best Collection series for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console Puzzle Series , a video game brand by Hudson Soft disambig ...   more details



  1. Puzzle Play

    Infobox Television show name Puzzle Play image Image Puzzleplaylogo.jpg caption Liam, Kell and Patrick genre Pre School creator developer presenter starring Kell, Liam and Patrick voices narrated theme music composer opentheme endtheme country Australia language English language English num seasons 5 num episodes list episodes producer executive producer location camera runtime 24 minutes network Network Ten picture format 576i SDTV audio format Stereo first run first aired 21 December 2006 last aired present preceded by In the Box followed by related website Puzzle Play is an Australia n pre school themed TV show for young kids. It airs Monday to Friday from 8 30 am to 9 00 am on Network Ten . The program premiered on 21 December 2006 replacing the program In the Box . The hosts are Kellyn Morris , Liam Nunan and Patrick MacDonald. There are also Cassie voiced by Kristen Souvlis which is a computer with a female voice and Penny, a cartoon bus like vehicle that takes the hosts to places. Penny makes a beeping sound. The plot is Cassie presents a 4 piece puzzle with a shape on each piece. As the show continues, a clue is shown for each piece. Each clue is usually a video with a host narration narrating about the shape with information about it. The hosts visit schools, preschools, kindergarten s and park s. As the pieces get taken away, a picture is revealed in the background and in the end the 3 hosts guess what the picture is about. All the pieces are related to final picture. See also List of Australian television series External links imdb title 1208634 Puzzle Play Category Australian children s television series Category Network Ten shows Category 2006 Australian television series debuts ...   more details



  1. Puzzle book

    A puzzle book is a book of puzzles for the reader to complete. A puzzle book may contain puzzles all of one type e.g. crossword s or sudoku or a mixture of different puzzle types. Puzzle books may be aimed at adults or children. Uncomment this if you can reference it History. Puzzle books were first published ?????. Puzzle books were a popular form of portable and home entertainment throughout most of the 20th century but declined in popularity with the introduction of portable and home computer games which offered many of the same types of puzzles. See also Activity book Category Book terminology Category Puzzle books book stub ...   more details



  1. String puzzle

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 A string puzzle is any mechanical puzzle where the emphasis is on manipulating one or more pieces of string or rope. The string s may be closed loops or unclosed or fixed to some given harder material in a certain way. Usually there is only one piece of rope or string. The string may have balls or similar attached to its ends. There may also be a ring or similar sliding along the string. Some pieces of the puzzle may be constructed from various materials such as wood wire iron leather plastic or other material. Types of string puzzles wire and string puzzle s See also mechanical puzzle s, puzzle s, wire and string puzzle s DEFAULTSORT String Puzzle Category Puzzles Puzzle game stub ...   more details



  1. Tiling puzzle

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Puzzles Tiling puzzles are puzzle s involving two dimensional packing problem s in which a number of flat shapes have to be assembled into a larger given shape without overlaps and often without gaps . Some tiling puzzles ask you to dissect a given shape first and then rearrange the pieces into another shape. Other tiling puzzles ask you to dissect a given shape while fulfilling certain conditions. The two latter types of tiling puzzles are also called dissection puzzle s. Tiling puzzles may be made from wood , metal , Corrugated fiberboard cardboard , plastic or any other sheet material. Many tiling puzzles are now available as computer game s. Tiling puzzles have a long history. Some of the oldest and most famous are jigsaw puzzle s and the Tangram puzzle. Image Chinese Sunset.jpg thumb 160px right Example of a tiling puzzle that utilizes negative space. Other examples of tiling puzzles include Conway puzzle Domino tiling , of which the mutilated chessboard problem is one example Eternity puzzle Puzz 3D Squaring the square Tantrix T puzzle Pentomino es Many three dimensional mechanical puzzle s can be regarded as three dimensional tiling puzzles. See also Dissection puzzle Polyform s Sliding puzzle Tessellation Wang tile DEFAULTSORT Tiling Puzzle Category Tiling puzzles eo Kahelara enigmo ...   more details



  1. Puzzle jewelry

    Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date July 2009 A piece of puzzle jewelry is a puzzle which can be worn by a person as jewelry. Usually these puzzles are fully mechanically functional and hence serve two purposes at once. Of course in order to be a nice piece of wearable jewelry it has to have a good design, professional finish and relatively small size. Examples of available puzzle jewelry The following list implies that a small version of the cited puzzle is available with suitable design and finish to be worn as jewelry. Puzzle ring , often made in Turkey having four interconnected rings DEFAULTSORT Puzzle Jewelry Category Types of jewellery Category Mechanical puzzles ...   more details



  1. Sliding puzzle

    Nofootnotes date February 2008 Puzzles A sliding puzzle , sliding block puzzle , or sliding tile puzzle challenges a player to slide usually flat pieces along certain routes usually on a board to establish a certain end configuration. The fifteen puzzle is the oldest type of sliding block puzzle. Sam Loyd is often wrongly credited with making sliding puzzles popular based on his false claim that he invented the fifteen puzzle . The 15 Puzzle, invented by Noyes Chapman, created a puzzle craze in 1880. Unlike other tour puzzle s, a sliding block puzzle prohibits lifting any piece off the board. This property separates sliding puzzles from rearrangement puzzle s. Hence finding moves, and the paths opened up by each move, within the two dimensional confines of the board, are important parts of solving ... board which are moved according to certain rules. This type of puzzle has been computerized, and is available to play for free on line from many web pages. It is a descendant of the jigsaw puzzle in that its point is to form a picture on screen. The last square of the puzzle is then displayed automatically once the other pieces have been lined up. gallery Image 15 puzzle.svg A solved 15 puzzle. Image Combination Puzzle 7x7 sliding piece.jpg A 7x7 sliding block puzzle. The task for this puzzle ... than one solution to this puzzle. Image Combination Puzzle 7x7 sliding piece with picture.jpg A 7x7 puzzle. This one solves to a picture, like a jigsaw puzzle . gallery Examples of sliding puzzles Fifteen puzzle Klotski Minus Cube Jumbly See also Puzzle Mechanical puzzles Combination puzzles Transport Puzzle Rush Hour board game Rush Hour Rubik s Cube RO game A rotational variation References ... on this type of puzzle. Winning Ways by Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp et al., 1982, Academic Press The 15 Puzzle by Jerry Slocum & Dic Sonneveld , 2006, Slocum Puzzle Foundation These references need to be incorporated ... patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph Parser?patentnumber 4872682 US Patent 4872682 sliding puzzle wrapped ...   more details




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