A baguenaudierDiagrammatic representation of a four-ring baguenaudierA metal version of the puzzle
Baguenaudier (pronounced[baɡnodje]; French for "time-waster"),[1] also known as the Chinese rings, Cardan's suspension, Cardano's rings, Devil's needle or five pillars puzzle, is a disentanglement puzzle featuring a loop which must be disentangled from a sequence of rings on interlinked pillars.[1] The loop can be either string or a rigid structure.
It is thought to have been invented originally in China. The origins are obscure. The American ethnographer Stewart Culin related a tradition attributing the puzzle's invention to the 2nd/3rd century Chinese general Zhuge Liang.[2][3] It was used by French peasants as a locking mechanism.[1]
Variations of this include the Devil's staircase, Devil's Halo[4] and the impossible staircase. Another similar puzzle is the Giant's causeway which uses a separate pillar with an embedded ring.
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