File:Sam Loyd - The 14-15 Puzzle in Puzzleland.jpg
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English: Illustration for the fifteen puzzle in Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles (1914) by Sam Loyd, p. 235.
Image is a black-and-white drawing (etching) and depicts a farmer kneeling (in a plowed row) in front of a fifteen puzzle in an impossible to solve configuration (14 and 15 switched), scratching his head in puzzlement, with his straw hat on the ground, his horse and plow abandoned on the left, a fence to the right, with numerous black birds and one rabbit visible. The sun is setting in the distance, reinforcing the passage of time. Above the image, the title text reads “The 14-15 Puzzle in Puzzleland”. |
| Date | Book from 1914, scanned 2005 |
| Source | Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles pp. 234–235, scanned image, on web page, linked from The Cyclopedia of Puzzles, page by Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Author | Sam Loyd, scanned by Ed Pegg Jr, 2005 |
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Crop of original scan of pp. 234–235 (cop234-235.jpg) via:
jpegtran -crop 660x412+900+40 cop234-235.jpg > 14-15.jpg
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Licensing
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This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1930, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.
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Note that the scanner, Ed Pegg Jr, also writes at The Cyclopedia of Puzzles:
- I hereby put this version of Sam Loyd's 1914 work into the public domain. (Ed Pegg Jr, 2005)
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| current | 10:05, 24 March 2023 | | 2,656 × 1,648 (2.64 MB) | wikimediacommons>Fornax | Improved contrast, size opt. |
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