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Clockwork Curiosities and Victorian Playthings
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Across
- 1. Innovator associated with early Victorian toy aerostats
- 2. Metal toy wind instrument often a child’s first melody
- 3. Technique of decoration with heated tools on Victorian toys
- 4. Interlocking wooden puzzle introduced for education and pastime
- 8. Early moving image device facilitating optical illusions
- 10. Precursor to modern bicycles with wooden frame and pedals
- 14. Gravity-based game inspired by Victorian balance principles
- 17. Inventor associated with a wind-up toy innovation
Down
- 5. Unlocking devices shared with Victorian toy chests and puzzles
- 6. Compact keyboard instrument sometimes crafted as child’s amusement
- 7. Twist on name for a Victorian-era mechanical puzzle
- 9. Victorian toy storage containers often ornately decorated
- 11. Modular construction set nurturing inventive Victorian engineering
- 12. Part of Victorian toy hobby horse reins or mechanical parts
- 13. Mechanical marvels mimicking life, predecessors to robots
- 15. Intricate device enabling motion or function in complex toys
- 16. Measurement device for clockwork tensions in toys
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