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This is the largest and oldest class of mechanical puzzles. They are solved by assembling pieces together. The most common, and popular, member of this family is the jigsaw puzzle which was invented in 1760 by an Englishman, John Spilsbury. Most mechanical puzzle collectors do not collect jigsaw puzzles, though some modern handcrafted ones by Stave Puzzles, F. A. Bourke, and a few others are of such high quality, they certainly deserve mention. Stave's, in particular, are often made from original colorful art work designed specifically for one jigsaw puzzle and contain very difficult puzzles within a puzzle.
 
Another notable puzzle is the Tangram. This seven-piece puzzle became popular around 1800 in China and by 1820, in Europe and the United States. It has remained on the market by one manufacturer or another ever since. In the 1890's, the German firm Richter, known for their Anchor Stone Building Sets, started a line of disection puzzles with a Tangram set. These puzzles are very collectable today. The company ceased production in 1963, but was recently restarted and they are once again producing the building sets and the Tangram set. There are plans to produce others.
 
Other two-dimensional put-together puzzles include checkerboard puzzles and Pentominoes.
 
Three-dimensional put-together puzzles include the Soma Cube, Solid Pentominoes, packing puzzles and Puzzle Rings.
A League Of Your Own Jigsaw
A League Of Your Own Jigsaw
Abbie's Waffle
Abbie's Waffle
Anti-Slide
Anti-Slide
Bermuda Hexagon
Bermuda Hexagon
Bill's Checkerbox
Bill's Checkerbox
Bill's Snowflake
Bill's Snowflake
Blitzableiter
Blitzableiter
Blockhead
Blockhead
Box of Tees
Box of Tees
Boxed Box
Boxed Box
Bride and Groom
Bride and Groom
Bronze Oval
Bronze Oval
Checkout
Checkout
Cigarette Case
Cigarette Case
Clive Box
Clive Box
Clown Box
Clown Box
Copper Box
Copper Box
Cornucopia
Cornucopia
Cube The Square
Cube The Square
Diamond Box
Diamond Box
DiamondSquare
DiamondSquare
Dragon's Eggs
Dragon's Eggs
Duck Box
Duck Box
Ei Des Columbus
Ei Des Columbus
Eighteen Burr Pieces Packing Puzzle
Eighteen Burr Pieces Packing Puzzle
Engelberg Square
Engelberg Square
Few Tile
Few Tile
Fifteen Degree Cube
Fifteen Degree Cube
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Forty-Four Piece Packing Puzzle
Forty-Four Piece Packing Puzzle
Four Pieces In A Tray
Four Pieces In A Tray
Four Sleezy Pieces
Four Sleezy Pieces
Grillentoeter
Grillentoeter
Half Hour Puzzle
Half Hour Puzzle
Hara's Squashed Diabolical Cube
Hara's Squashed Diabolical Cube
Herzraetsel
Herzraetsel
Hex-Triangle
Hex-Triangle
Hexagon Dissection
Hexagon Dissection
Hoffman's Packing Puzzle
Hoffman's Packing Puzzle
Holey Box Packing Puzzle
Holey Box Packing Puzzle
Holey Squares Cube
Holey Squares Cube
Interlace
Interlace
Internet Serendipity
Internet Serendipity
Iron and Shirt
Iron and Shirt
Just Fit
Just Fit
Kitchen Floor
Kitchen Floor
Kruezspiel
Kruezspiel
Lime
Lime
Lox In Box
Lox In Box
Magic Hexagon
Magic Hexagon
Make Room
Make Room
ManyMoreHorses
ManyMoreHorses
Maple Leaf
Maple Leaf
Melting Block
Melting Block
Mixed 1
Mixed 1
Murr Menagerie
Murr Menagerie
Nicht Zu Hitzig
Nicht Zu Hitzig
Nine-Piece Pentagon
Nine-Piece Pentagon
Nob's Cube
Nob's Cube
Outhouse
Outhouse
Pack The Asparagus
Pack The Asparagus
Pack The Orange
Pack The Orange
Parcel Post
Parcel Post
Patio Block
Patio Block
Pentagon Dissection
Pentagon Dissection
Pentagonal Star
Pentagonal Star
Pentominoes
Pentominoes
Pineapple
Pineapple
Pineapple Delight
Pineapple Delight
Puzzle Rings
Puzzle Rings
Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Quaelgeist
Quaelgeist
Rhombic Blocks
Rhombic Blocks
Russian Box
Russian Box
Setting Hen
Setting Hen
Shake, Rattle & Roll Jigsaw Puzzle
Shake, Rattle & Roll Jigsaw Puzzle
Six Block, Six Step Puzzle
Six Block, Six Step Puzzle
Snowflake
Snowflake
Solid Pentominoes
Solid Pentominoes
Soma Cube
Soma Cube
Spacecubes
Spacecubes
Squares and Strips
Squares and Strips
Squashed Box
Squashed Box
Squiangles
Squiangles
Star
Star
Starlight
Starlight
T For Two
T For Two
T-Party
T-Party
Tangram
Tangram
Tangram Plus
Tangram Plus
Teaser Tiles
Teaser Tiles
Teaser Tube
Teaser Tube
Third Degree
Third Degree
Tisset - Hex
Tisset - Hex
Tri-Diamonds
Tri-Diamonds
Triples
Triples
Tube It In
Tube It In
Twenty-Five Piece Packing Puzzle
Twenty-Five Piece Packing Puzzle
Unhappy Childhood
Unhappy Childhood
Waterfall
Waterfall
Windmill
Windmill
Zoo
Zoo
 
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