File:String Figures and How to Make Them.djvu
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English: Possibly the first, and best-known book on string figures. (Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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| Date | 1906 (original publication). |
| Source | Scan of the 1962 edition, an unabridged republication of the original edition. |
| Author | Caroline Furness Jayne (1873-1909), Introduction and some photos by Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940), other photos are either "Courtesy of Mr. S. C. Simms" (that is Stephen Chapman Simms (1863-1937) of the Field Colombian Museum, Chigaco (now the Field Museum of Natural History)), or by William Henry Furness III (1866-1920), the brother of the principal author. |
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The original publication was made in 1906 in the US and is therefore in the public domain. The 1962 edition should not have gained new copyright. Even if it did, it was published before 1978 without a copyright notice and is therefore in the public domain by now. |
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.
The author died in 1940, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. |
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| current | 15:59, 17 May 2011 |  | 3,352 × 406, 469 pages (30.24 MB) | GrafZahl | Version with less compression artefacts in the grayscale photographs |
| 16:20, 25 January 2008 |  | 3,352 × 406, 469 pages (17.77 MB) | Zhaladshar | {{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} |
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