This is a spin on the Milwaukee bar the Safe House. They claim to have the the “worlds Largest Mechanical Puzzle” It is in the dining area and it is activated byu pushing a button and then the 2 pieces change. Not a very good web site. But its hard to believw it has been there for 38 years.
In summary what happens is that each of the 13 are shorter than the original 12 – sorta like having 12 piles of 13 human parts each and rearranging them to make 13 piles of 12 human parts – each person gives up a little to make the extra person – but there is a whole lot of slipping and slidng going on – there’s an explanation here: http://www.laurenceholbrook.com/main_00000e.htm
when, on the left, there are 5 people seperated by a space (12 people), watch the space fill up on the next pass (13 people)….
This is a spin on the Milwaukee bar the Safe House. They claim to have the the “worlds Largest Mechanical Puzzle” It is in the dining area and it is activated byu pushing a button and then the 2 pieces change. Not a very good web site. But its hard to believw it has been there for 38 years.
Our whole math class sat down and literally watched this picture for 30 minutes!! It made us soooo frustrated, lol! I cant figure it out.
In summary what happens is that each of the 13 are shorter than the original 12 – sorta like having 12 piles of 13 human parts each and rearranging them to make 13 piles of 12 human parts – each person gives up a little to make the extra person – but there is a whole lot of slipping and slidng going on – there’s an explanation here: http://www.laurenceholbrook.com/main_00000e.htm