| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Dropping a Strip of Paper to Land on One Edge | |||||||
| This
page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of the challenge of Dropping a Strip of Paper
to Land on One Edge which is achieved by paper folding.
Please contact me if you know any of this information is
incorrect or if you have any other information that
should be added. Thank you. ********** 1636 As far as I know this effect first appears in 'Deliciae physico-mathematicae, oder mathematische und philosophische Erquickstunden' by Daniel Schwenter, which was first published in 1636.
********** 1817 'The effect also occurs in 'Der magische Jugendfreund Vol. 3', by Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe, published in 1817.
********** 1923 In more modern times the effect appears in 'More Paper Magic' by Will Blythe, which was first published by C Arthur Pearson in London in 1923.
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