. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. L^. 0 |Q 1 1 o \Q 1 0 |o I Q Fig. 147.—Maze Toy byJ. Proctor. (After PatentSpecification.) Fig. 146.—Maze Toy by J. M. Arnot.(After Patent Specification.) The most complex puzzle of the kind so far producedis that patented by H. Bridge in 1906 and shown inFig. 148. The ball in this case is made to pass throughchannels formed between projections of labyrinthinepattern fixed to a base and others fixed to the transparenttop, which can be moved relatively to the base. The toymay be of a circular pattern or rectangular. In
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. L^. 0 |Q 1 1 o \Q 1 0 |o I Q Fig. 147.—Maze Toy byJ. Proctor. (After PatentSpecification.) Fig. 146.—Maze Toy by J. M. Arnot.(After Patent Specification.) The most complex puzzle of the kind so far producedis that patented by H. Bridge in 1906 and shown inFig. 148. The ball in this case is made to pass throughchannels formed between projections of labyrinthinepattern fixed to a base and others fixed to the transparenttop, which can be moved relatively to the base. The toymay be of a circular pattern or rectangular. In theformer case the top is rotated, in the latter it is slid from206 side to side. The patent also covers cases in which thetoy is constructed on the skeleton principle, the use of
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