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How to Construct the Regular Octagon by Folding Paper
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of ways of constructing the regular octagon by folding paper. 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.

This page includes information about constructing a regular octagon by the fold and one cut method.

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Various methods of constructing the regular octagon by folding appear:

1892

In 'Paper Folding and Cutting' by Katherine M Ball, which was published by the Prang Educational Company in Boston in 1892.

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In 'How to Teach Paper-Folding and Cutting' by Norma MacLeod, which was published by March Brothers in Lebanon, Ohio in 1892.

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1893

In 'Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom' by Emily Weaver, which was published by Milton Bradley Company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893, contains a method of constructing a regular octagon from two squares.

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1894

In 'Old Glory: The Flag of Our Country: A Study in History and a Lesson in Paperfolding: Also Some Easy Lessons in Cutting and Folding' by Dr Albert Elias Maltby, which was published in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania in 1894.

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1926

As a puzzle in 'Modern Puzzles' by Henry Ernest Dudeney, which was published by C. Arthur Pearson in London in 1926.

Solution

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1944

In 'Origami Shuko' by Isao Honda, which was published in 1944.

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