. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. ing Euro-pean. One may still purchasein the toy-shops coloured laby-rinths of this kind, mountedon cardboard, with spaces atvarious points of the path forthe accommodation of count-ers, which are moved pro-gressively in accordance withthe throws of dice by the com-peting players. Some very ingenious appli-cations of the labyrinth ideahave been evolved by modern designers of toys andgames. Perhaps the most popular toy of this nature on themarket is that of the Pigs in Clover type, consisting ofa series of concentric in
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. ing Euro-pean. One may still purchasein the toy-shops coloured laby-rinths of this kind, mountedon cardboard, with spaces atvarious points of the path forthe accommodation of count-ers, which are moved pro-gressively in accordance withthe throws of dice by the com-peting players. Some very ingenious appli-cations of the labyrinth ideahave been evolved by modern designers of toys andgames. Perhaps the most popular toy of this nature on themarket is that of the Pigs in Clover type, consisting ofa series of concentric interrupted circular walls, the inner-most of which constitutes the goal into which the playerstrives to roll all the marbles—usually three in number—which are seen through the glass cover (Fig. 144).This toy was patented by A. Brentano in 1889. Someskill is required to get all the marbles into the centralcompartment at the same time. Another toy of thischaracter is seen in Fig. 145. It consists of a rather compli-cated maze formed of ridges, between which the player204. Fig. 144.—Maze Toy byA. Brentano. (After PatentSpecification.) rolls a ball or a globule of mercury from the point markedA to that marked B, or vice versa. This was patented byS. D. Nix in 1891. A somewhat similar arrangement, but with the addi-tion of magnetism as the motive force, is that devised byJ. M. Arnot in 1894, and shown in Fig. 146. In this
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