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String and Scissors

Two hundred years ago, the cheva-
lier Pinetti astounded Paris by escap-
ing from a doubled chain, looped
through metal rings attached to his
legs and locked to a post. The feat
was explained by a writer named
Decremps, as shown in the following
pages.
Figure 1 shows the chains before
the escape, which was performed
inside a cabinet. Figure 2 explains
how the escape was accomplished.
Figure 3 demonstrates the principle
behind the escape with a looped
string and a pair of scissors: draw the
loop through one handle and then the
other, and then spread the loop over
the points of the scissors.

fig. 1

fig. 3

fig. 2