From: Scott Crawford <scrawfor@host1.dia.net>
Reply-To: scrawfor@host1.dia.net
To: Cube List <Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Identify this puzzle please!
References: <9612060033.AA18270@quark.geoworks.com>

David Litwin wrote:
> 
>         Actually that is a cubo-octahedron and has as its internal
> mechanism a normal cube (with different side and corner pieces).
>         This has 10 sides, not 12 like the dodecahedron.  The faces of
> a dodecahedron are pentagons and the internal mechanism is actually
> quite similar in concept to the cube (12 centers on axes instead of 6
> centers on axes).
> 
>         Dave Litwin
> 
> Scott Crawford writes:
> > I recently acquired a puzzle through the mail and am not sure what it is
> > called.  I'll give a shot at describing it:  It has 14 sides - 8
> > triangles, and 6 squares.  The squares are rotated 45 degrees and each
> > touch 4 other squares at the corners, while their sides match up with 4
> > triangles each.  You could achieve the shape of this puzzle by taking a
> > cube and shaving off the corners to create an equilateral triangle.
> > There are no markings or words on it.  If anybody knows, please let me
> > know, as I am curious if this is the Magic Dodecahedron I've been
> > reading about.


Thanks a lot all!!!  Wow! Talk about fast response.  At first glance I
figured I would never be able to solve this one, but upon closer
examination, I realized I already knew how.  It is identical to the
original cube in methods of solving.  Again thanks, you guys are great!!

Scottie

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