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Last updated 27/3/2024

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This book is a translation of some of the material from volumes 2 and 3 of 'La Science Amusante' by Tom Tit togeher with some additional material added by the translator.

A full copy of the text of the work (although lacking the cover and title page) can be accessed online here.

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Analysis

The Necessary Instruments - How to Construct Accurate Right Angles by Folding Paper

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The Equilateral Triangle - How to Construct the Equilateral Triangle by Folding Paper

The Regular Hexagon - How to Construct the Regular Hexagon by Folding Paper

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The Pentagon and the Five-Pointed Star - The Pentagonal Knot and the See-Through Pentagram

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Sum of Angles of a Triangle - How to Sum the Angles of a Triangle

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How To Trace an Oval with a Pair of Compasses

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The Paper Ladder - The Newspaper Ladder

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A Paper Ladder by a Single Cut - The Fold and One Cut Ladder

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The Rectangle and its Diagonals - Pattern Drawing Puzzles Solved by Folding Paper

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To Construct a Hexagon by Finger Pressure - How to Flatten a Mobius Band into a Regular Hexagon with a 'Coup de Poing'

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The Five-Pointed Star with a Single Cut - The Fold and One Cut Pentagram

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The Seven Pentagons - The Pentagonal Knot

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A Camel Through the Needle's Eye - How to Pass a Big Coin Through a Small Hole

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A Cylinder Transformed into a Pyramid - How to Make a Tetrahedron from a Tube or Envelope

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The Maximum Envelope - How to Make the Largest Possible Envelope from a Given Rectangle

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Paper Puppets - Fold, Cut and Fold Figures

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Vesta Figures - The Rower

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