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2. Jigsaw puzzle - Wikipedia

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   A jigsaw puzzle (with context, sometimes just jigsaw or just puzzle) is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often irregularly shaped interlocking and ...

3. John Spilsbury (cartographer) - Wikipedia

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   "Europe divided into its kingdoms, etc." (1766) Believed to be the first purpose-made jigsaw puzzle. John Spilsbury (/I.P.A. spɪlsbəri/ 1739 – 3 April 1769) [1] was a British cartographer and engraver. He is credited as the inventor of the jigsaw puzzle. Spilsbury created them for educational purposes, and called them "Dissected Maps". [2] [3]

4. Sliding puzzle - Wikipedia

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   A sliding puzzle, sliding block puzzle, or sliding tile puzzle is a combination puzzle that challenges a player to slide (frequently flat) pieces along certain routes (usually on a board) to establish a certain end-configuration. The pieces to be moved may consist of simple shapes, or they may be imprinted with colours, patterns, sections of a ...

5. Puzzle - Wikipedia

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   The nine linked-rings puzzle, an advanced puzzle device that requires mathematical calculation to solve, was invented in China during the Warring States period (475-221 BCE). [5] Jigsaw puzzles were invented around 1760, when John Spilsbury , a British engraver and cartographer , mounted a map on a sheet of wood, which he then sawed around the ...

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7. Klotski - Wikipedia

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   In a Klotski puzzle, the largest block must be moved to the bottom middle location so that it can be slid over the border, without any of the other blocks being removed in this way. Klotski (from Polish: klocki, lit. 'wooden blocks') is a sliding block puzzle thought to have originated in the early 20th century. The name may refer to a specific ...

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   Come back every day for a fresh new Jigsaw puzzle! Come back every day for a fresh new Jigsaw puzzle! ... Jigsaw: Cute and Cuddly. Play. Masque Publishing. Jigsaw: Life of Luxury. Play.

9. Tower Press - Wikipedia

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   They began making cardboard wearings in the 1930s but were best known for their jigsaw puzzles and later children's games. They made a jigsaw puzzle range named "Riders of the Range", [2] and also made games such as Ask Pickles (1948), [3] Inspector Brown, [4] and many others. By the early 1960s they were the world's largest maker of jigsaw ...