Lightning Conductor



a.k.a. Richter Anchor Stone Puzzle No. 2
F. Ad. Richter & Co., Germany, 1890's / early 1900's
(cardboard box 3.1" x 3.6" x 9/16", 7 stone pieces, and booklet;
the Anchor Puzzle Book dates this puzzle as first made in 1893;
similar in construction to the Anchor Puzzle Tangram;
the inside of the cover shows how to pack the pieces into the box;
booklet has multi-language text inside the covers and on pages A to Q at the front,
and 48 pages with 140 shapes to make;
where the last 16 pages are shapes made in combination with another puzzle;
the first four shapes are the rectangle, parallogram, triangle, and hexagon)

Lightning Conductor, Continued



Same size box and booklet as version on the preceding page.
The booklet starts with 16 not numbered pages, where the first 12 are a page of directions in 12 different languages, and the last 4 pages have multi-language text with a coupon that could be mailed in along with 15 cents to get solutions to all of the problems. Following these 16 pages are 48 pages of the same problems as the version on the preceding page. The booklet front cover, inside of the front cover, inside of the back cover, and the back, present the same text in 12 different languages; on the inside of the back cover, the English text says "Second book to The "Lightning Conductor" for drawing in the lines of solved problems." So it would appear to be the second of two booklets that originally came with the puzzle.

Lightning Conductor, Continued


Same size box and booklet as version on the preceding pages.
The booklet has 48 pages of the same problems as the version on the preceding pages.

Lightning Conductor, Continued


(cardboard box 3.1" x 3.7" x 1/2", 7 stone pieces, and booklet;
German text on inside of front and back cover;
also has a loose sheet with directions in German;
same 48 pages with 140 shapes to make as puzzle on first page)