A Chinese Puzzle

 A Chinese Puzzle 

By Huo Mi Ling 

THIS game is the Diagram of "Adding Knowledge." But it is more commonly known by the name "The Fifteen Puzzle," as a supplement to another similar Chinese game, called "The Seven Puzzle."

The so-called "Fifteen Puzzle," is a book, consisting of one hundred and twelve diagrams, or rough pictures. All these diagrams can be constructed with fifteen given pieces of cardboard.

To begin the game, have a piece of cardboard, and cut the following fifteen pieces out of it. Be very careful and accurate in cutting.

Now put these fifteen pieces on a table, and try to construct the following figures, selected from the book. Be sure that you have used all the fifteen pieces- no more and no less,- before you say that you have gotten a figure And when you think you have it be sure that what you construct is exactly he same as the given figure. Of course, the figures may be larger than the models, but they must be proportionately larger.

You may get a figure very quickly, but you may not in three days. Don't say that the figure is wrong, or the writer is fooling you, when you cannot get it. If one brain is not enough, have several working together. Don't give up and say "I cannot get it," for you are greater than the game- the easy little game!"    

References:

1.Everyland 1913

Three Circle Puzzle

 Three Circle Puzzle is an old American puzzle. American children used to solve this puzzle at home with their parents- with paper and scissors. Excellent project- introduction to the studies of shape and size, introduction to geometry, lesson of small motorics, drawing. The child must cut the presented pattern- square with circles into the correct pieces- in each one three circles. The puzzle is of two levels of difficulty- A level and B level, both levels presented in one diagram- same project,. but two steps- two lessons.

The USSR- used this pattern for the table games- constructors - construction of bridges and houses- exactly same drawing, but in different level games- constructors- house buildings.

I am personally delighted to present this puzzle for the readers as it was published in the Magazine for parents and educologists of  The United States Of America- Suppose We Do Something- published in 1923. 

The textbook was recommended for the parents and educologists by The Department Of The United States Of America.

The puzzle is presented as it was published.

THREE CIRCLE PUZZLE 

 Take a square of paper, marked with twelve circles as in the diagram:
and cut it into four pieces of similar shape and size, each containing three circles. For the solution of the difficulty cut the lines marked A and B in Figure 2. 

Figure 1. 

 

Figure 2.

References:

1.Magazine for parents and educologists of  The United States Of America- Suppose We Do Something- published in 1923.