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  2. Jigsaw puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Jigsaw puzzles have been used in research studies to study cognitive abilities such as mental rotation visuospatial ability in young children. Typical images on jigsaw puzzles include scenes from nature, buildings, and repetitive designs. Castles and mountains are among traditional subjects, but any picture can be used.

  3. 27 Things You Didn't Know About Jigsaw Puzzles - AOL

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    Despite several people taking credit for the first jigsaw puzzle, most historians give the credit to English engraver John Spilsbury according to Ceaco, a Massachusetts-based puzzle manufacturer.

  4. 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]

  5. Parker Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Parker Brothers marketed its first jigsaw puzzle in 1887. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. List of puzzle topics - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical puzzle. Ball-in-a-maze puzzle; Burr puzzle; Word puzzle. Acrostic; Daughter in the box; Disentanglement puzzle; Edge-matching puzzle; Egg of Columbus; Eight queens puzzle; Einstein's Puzzle; Eternity puzzle; Fifteen puzzle; Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle; Geomagic square; Globe puzzle; Graeco-Latin square; Gry; Happy Cube ...

  8. Puzzle Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The building occupied by the Puzzle Mansion started as a rest house for the family of puzzle collector, Georgina Gil-Lacuna and also as a private display site for Gil-Lacuna's finished puzzles. [ 1 ] The concept for the museum was first made in 2011 by puzzle collector Georgina Gil-Lacuna and her son Gino Orda who were concerned on where to ...

  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 ...

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