Received: from ARDEC-LCSS.ARPA.ARPA by AI.AI.MIT.EDU 29 Aug 86 08:02:18 EDT Date: 29 Aug 86 07:54:00 EST From: "CLSTR1::BECK" Subject: globe puzzle To: "cube-lovers" Reply-To: "CLSTR1::BECK" GLOBE PUZZLE - I made a mistake. The "Globe Puzzle" is NOT a cube. It looks like a cube with the edge pieces broken up into its two faces but the corners are fixed and only the three equators are free to move. It has a metal surface painted as a globe and each surface area has a dimple. These dimples do not make it any easier to work the puzzle. It is the same 3" diameter as a cube ballThe puzzle is made in Hungary. Thus the globe puzzle is three intersecting rings and appears to be simpler then the cube. If the corners could move like the cube would that puzzle also be no more difficult then the cube? Any ideas on how to engineer such a puzzle? AVAILABLE from: the nature company pob 2310 berkley, ca 94702 800/227-1114 globe puzzle, cat # 1449, $12.50 peter beck ------