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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 mosaicked pieces. Typically each piece has a portion of a picture, which is completed by solving the puzzle. In the 18th century, jigsaw puzzles were created by painting a picture on a ...

  3. John Spilsbury (cartographer) - Wikipedia

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    Inventor of the jigsaw puzzle. "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 ...

  4. Puzzle - Wikipedia

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    After becoming popular among the public, this kind of teaching aid remained the primary use of jigsaw puzzles until about 1820. [7] The largest puzzle (40,320 pieces) is made by a German game company Ravensburger. [8] The smallest puzzle ever made was created at LaserZentrum Hannover. It is only five square millimeters, the size of a sand grain.

  5. 27 Things You Didn't Know About Jigsaw Puzzles - AOL

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    The Puzzles Were Once a Rich Man's Game. Puzzle history continued into the 19th century, according to Ceaco, and owning a deluxe jigsaw puzzle became a draw for rich families to use as educational ...

  6. Victory jigsaw puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The company was the manufacturer of plywood jigsaw puzzles named 'Victory' since the early 1920s. [2] Although the jigsaw puzzle producers like Hayter flourished in the 1930s, through the concept of the weekly jigsaw puzzle, the English Victory puzzles, found in department stores in the 1950s and 1960s, almost completely vanished. [3]

  7. Jigsaw puzzle accessories - Wikipedia

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    Jigroll The first accessory to obtain a trademark. Launched in 1989, the Jigroll was the forerunner of modern jigsaw puzzle accessories. The jigsaw puzzle is constructed on a green cloth that has a coarse texture to which cardboard jigsaw pieces adhere. The non assembled pieces are also kept on the cloth.

  8. Ravensburger - Wikipedia

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    Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH was a video game and software subsidiary of Ravensburger which published and distributed various games in Germany. The company had two brands; Ravensburger Interactive, which published family-friendly games and educational software, and Fishtank Interactive, which published games for mature players.

  9. Parker Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Parker also produced children's puzzles, as well as the Climax, Jig-A-Jig, Jig Wood, and Paramount lines. According to Jigsaw Puzzles: An Illustrated History and Price Guide, by Anne D. Williams, Parker Bros. closed the Pastime line in the 1950s and their die-cut puzzles were phased out in the late 1970s. [7]

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