Puzzle Box 3

[BLinGER]

sorry just seen that after i posted tried to edit

Well I think the latest photo seals it for one that mentioned George Stephenson [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrailroad7.htm]

It just seemed that Glenn Seaborg was just not quite right based on the other inventions listed.

[flyerfan]

From Inventors Hall of Fame

It shows that the Reaper was patented in 1834

[totalslacker]

Number Grid = Athena

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/font/ho_49.97.589.htm

[Jaxom]

From Inventors Hall of Fame

It shows that the Reaper was patented in 1834

Cyrus McCormick of Virginia was responsible for liberating farm workers from hours of back-breaking labor by introducing the farmers to his newly invented mechanical reaper in July, 1831. By 1847, Cyrus McCormick began the mass manufacture of his reaper in a Chicago factory.

[curtis18]

Marconi's date may be wrong also.

I am seeing different years from 1895-1897 for his invention of the radio.

[Eric Veteran]

From Inventors Hall of Fame

It shows that the Reaper was patented in 1834

Yes, but other references say it was actually invented in 1831. I guess back then people didn't patent things before they invented them the way we do now.... :D

[confusio]

Try replacing JW with 1722 for pulsation engine by John Whitehurst

After the dialog and pictures found of the Wachs I'd go back to James Watt for JW

I believe the intention was to point to the steam machine but they screwed up

with the picture.

Year ? the wiki says that he had a working engine in 1765.

[Orbitjeff]

i tried putting the initials in chronological order of when the inventor invented the device.

BF (1752)

JW (1763)

GLL (1774)

HD (1806)

CM (1809)

GS (1814)

LP (1862)

TE (1877)

AGB (1880)

GM (1901)

but when i put the initials in the answer box in that order with only a space between each, i had no luck.

Edit: forgot one. going to include it and see if i can work something out. : \

If we add up the time between the dates is there any pattern? If so, we could extend (or prepend?) the pattern to a date before or after and see if there's an invention on that date... Maybe that's the answer?

[Eric Veteran]

After the dialog and pictures found of the Wachs I'd go back to James Watt for JW

I believe the intention was to point to the steam machine but they screwed up

with the picture.

Year ? the wiki says that he had a working engine in 1765.

I think they hosed the entire Mural puzzle... There are multiple dates that could be used for a few of them too. For example, do they mean Marconi's first transmission, his first experiment, his first trans-Atlantic transmission, his patent dates, his... wait... if this is all about vanishing maybe it's the dates all the inventors died! :)

[Jaxom]

If we add up the time between the dates is there any pattern? If so, we could extend (or prepend?) the pattern to a date before or after and see if there's an invention on that date... Maybe that's the answer?

I tried that...I didn't see a pattern.

[flyerfan]

Also I think that the Alexander Graham Bell telephone was 1876.

[VirtuconDG]

By averaging the dates of the inventors I get 1822.67 . In mid-1822 Charles Babbage invented the Difference Engine.

I think 1822.52 is within a margin of error, given over the last several posts we've been fiddling a year here, a year there.

Still don't know what the actual answer is though.

[confusio]

I don't believe we'll find exact records of the years for each couple of inventions and

we may be waisting effort like the tomb puzzle trying to figure something from the

numbers besides that they are all contemporary, most of them created their

inventions in the 19th century and many of the inventions contributed to the

industrial revolution.

The problem is that what we are supposed to provide as an answer, a missing

inventor ? a commonality between all them ? the effects or their inventions ?

I don't think we'll get anywhere with the years, besides to validate that they are

from the same generation.

Hmmm "name plates on each door" and "don't forget the baseboards" sounds

familiar ?

My .02

[Brainwrack]

Out of all these inventors, only 1 was awarded the Nobel prize for physics, and it was not him alone. it was jointly awarded to GUGLIELMO MARCONI and CARL FERDINAND BRAUN in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.

not sure yet if this might pertain to the answer, but I am still looking.

[Orbitjeff]

I tried that...I didn't see a pattern.

Ya, I dont see one either. New path: "People and dates with Lasting Effect". Is there an invention that has to do with a lasting effect? Maybe preservatives? Or... I'm drawing a blank. (sigh)

[Eric Veteran]

I don't believe we'll find exact records of the years for each couple of inventions and

we may be waisting effort like the tomb puzzle trying to figure something from the

numbers besides that they are all contemporary, most of them created their

inventions in the 19th century and many of the inventions contributed to the

industrial revolution.

The problem is that what we are supposed to provide as an answer, a missing

inventor ? a commonality between all them ? the effects or their inventions ?

I don't think we'll get anywhere with the years, besides to validate that they are

from the same generation.

Hmmm "name plates on each door" and "don't forget the baseboards" sounds

familiar ?

My .02

Maybe this will help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_invention

[confusio]

Out of all these inventors, only 1 was awarded the Nobel prize for physics, and it was not him alone. it was jointly awarded to GUGLIELMO MARCONI and CARL FERDINAND BRAUN in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.

not sure yet if this might pertain to the answer, but I am still looking.

And for a couple of them was difficult to affirm who really invented the thing first.

[Eric Veteran]

And for a couple of them was difficult to affirm who really invented the thing first.

I was thinking lasting effect meant the one that was useful. e.g.: Tesla may have discovered radio transmission, but he didn't see the use in it. Marconi perfected it for communications...

[thsartori]

I don't believe we'll find exact records of the years for each couple of inventions and

we may be waisting effort like the tomb puzzle trying to figure something from the

numbers besides that they are all contemporary, most of them created their

inventions in the 19th century and many of the inventions contributed to the

industrial revolution.

The problem is that what we are supposed to provide as an answer, a missing

inventor ? a commonality between all them ? the effects or their inventions ?

I don't think we'll get anywhere with the years, besides to validate that they are

from the same generation.

Hmmm "name plates on each door" and "don't forget the baseboards" sounds

familiar ?

My .02

I tend to agree with you. The only other thing in the mural that we haven't addressed is the backdrop in the mural itsself. In the early pitctures it is of clouds and sky. The farter to the right you scan we begin to see stars and space. Should we be looking for the inventors of flight?

[curtis18]

I may be thinking in the wrong direction, but looking at the name of the puzzle Mural, the phrase People And Dates With Lasting Effect, & the fact that the picture moves. I was thinking in the direction of Motion Picture. I could not get anything to work so far, but it is just a thought.

[Orbitjeff]

I tend to agree with you. The only other thing in the mural that we haven't addressed is the backdrop in the mural itsself. In the early pitctures it is of clouds and sky. The farter to the right you scan we begin to see stars and space. Should we be looking for the inventors of flight?

I thought about that as well. I tried Goddard (rocketry) and Wright (airplane)...

[confusio]

I tend to agree with you. The only other thing in the mural that we haven't addressed is the backdrop in the mural itsself. In the early pitctures it is of clouds and sky. The farter to the right you scan we begin to see stars and space. Should we be looking for the inventors of flight?

Hehe, when I saw the clouds changing color, since it's seems that the pictures of the inventions are in

chronological order I tried with "Pollution" but didn't work :-)

[Jaxom]

I also tried camera inventors.

[sloaner]

Is the game not loading for anyone else? I had it up before but I refreshed now it is just a black screen and when i right click it says "Movie not loaded." I've tried with both IE and firefox. Are there too many people trying to access it right now?

[Jaxom]

Did we ever use the blue star from the first site as a clue to any of the puzzles? I've been looking back to see if I missed anything in the clues today.