Professor Hoffmann: Mechanical Puzzles
Hoffmann, Professor: Mechanical Puzzles
©1896 Frederick Warne & Co., London, NY
Hardcover, no dj, 144 pages
Professor Hoffman: Mechanical Puzzles
Image courtesy eBay seller Birai_81

Contents: This book was a later published sub-section of the original "Puzzles Old and New" and contains 122 puzzles. Two other extracts were Arithmetical Puzzles and Miscellaneous Puzzles.

Contents (partial contents only from first page of ToC):

1 Puzzles Dependent on Dexterity and Perseverance
1 I. The Pick-Me-Up Puzzle
2 II. The Planet Puzzle
3 III. The i Dotting Puzzle
3 IV. The Spider and the Flies
4 V. The Tower Bridge Puzzle
5 VI. In the Soup
6 VII. The Matrimonial Chair
7 VIII. The Tire-Em-Out Puzzle
8 IX. The Electric Ball
9 X. The Hang Him Puzzle
9 XI. Bouci-Boula
10 XII. The Switchback
11 XIII. The Five Horse-Slioes
11 XIV. The Two Horse-Shoes
12 XV. The Maze
12 XVI. The Pitfall Puzzle
13 XVII. The Fifteen Pellets Puzzle
13 XVIII. The Cross Puzzle
14 XIX. The Hand of Cards
14 XX. The Pig Puzzle
14 XXI. The Four Colours Puzzle
15 XXII. The Amphitheatre Puzzle
15 XXIII. The Persian Shah
16 XXIV. Tho Balance Puzzle
16 XXV. The Fish Puzzle
17 XXVI. The Marksman
18 XXVII. The Snake and Bird
19 XXVIII. The Coin and Card Puzzle
19 XXIX. The Egg and Card Puzzle

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