魔方的纪年表

大烟头

英文的，哪个老兄帮忙翻译一下吧。

A Rubik's Cube Chronology
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Researched and maintained by Mark Longridge (c) 1996-2003

Pre-Rubik
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Feb   2, 1960     William Gustafson files patent for Manipulatable Toy
Mar  12, 1963     Gustafson receives US patent 3,081,089
         1970     Uwe Meffert invents a model for research of energy flow 
                    in different shape solids (pyraminx) 
Apr   9, 1970     Frank Fox applies for UK patent for spherical 3x3x3
Mar   4, 1970     Larry Nichols files patent for Twizzle (2x2x2 cube)
Apr  11, 1972     Nichols receives US patent 3,655,201
Jan  16, 1974     Frank Fox receives UK patent 1,344,259

Post-Rubik
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Spring   1974     Erno Rubik gets idea to make the cube
Summer   1974     Erno Rubik solves the cube (arguably the first solver)
Jan  30, 1975     Rubik applies for patent on cube
Oct  12, 1976     Terutoshi Ishige Japanese Patent 55-8192 for 3x3x3
         1977     Rubik's Cube starts distribution in Hungary
Mar  28, 1977     Erno Rubik receives Hungarian Patent HU00170062
Aug      1978     Bela Szalai first sees cube in Hungary, later
                   manufactures cube in U.S. (Logical Games Inc)
Jan   4, 1980     Victor Toth wins pioneering cube contest in 55 sec.
July     1980     MIT cube lovers group starts up
Sept     1980     Omni prints article on cube in Games column
Jan  12, 1981     Steven Hanson and Jeffrey Breslow file US Patent for Missing Link
March    1981     Scientific American's 1st article on cube
March    1981     Uwe Meffert patents the pyraminx
May      1981     Reader's Digest prints cube story
July 30, 1981     Walter Moll receives German patent for Dodecahedron
July 31, 1981     Cube contest featuring James G. Nourse as guest
June  1, 1981     Uwe Meffert file US Patent for Pyraminx Star
Aug   3, 1981     Erno Rubik files for patent on Rubik's Domino
Autumn   1981     Singmaster produces 1st issue of Cubic Circular
Sept 11, 1981     NBC Magazine broadcasts story about cube on TV
Nov  13, 1981     1st American Rubik's Cube Championships
Dec  11, 1981     Ron Lancaster organizes cube contest at Oakville Trafalgar High School
Dec  12, 1981     United Kingdom Rubik's Cube Championships
Jan  29, 1982     Peter Sebesteny files for US Patent for 4x4x4
Feb  28, 1982     I attend Canadian Regional Cube Contest (London Ont)
Mar  20, 1982     1st (Only) Canadian Rubik's Cube Championships
Mar  21, 1982     Toronto Star article A4 on Duc Trinh
Mar  29, 1982     Adam Alexander & Gary Piaget file for US Patent for Alexander's Star
Spring   1982     2nd issue of Cubic Circular
May  11, 1982     Uwe Meffert receives US Patent USD0264361 for Pyraminx Star
Apr  24, 1982     1st and only Dutch National Championships in Utrecht Netherlands
May      1982     1st issue of Rubik's Cube Newsletter appears (U.S.)
May/June 1982     American Scientist prints cube article
Summer   1982     3rd/4th issues of Cubic Circular
June  5, 1982     1st Rubik's Cube World Championships
July     1982     Hofstadter's article on cube variants (S.A.)
Sept 18, 1982     I attend American Regional Cube Contest (Buffalo, NY)
Oct      1982     Omni prints article on Cube variants (Megaminx)
Oct   2, 1982     Ideal hires me to work as demonstrator of Cube
Nov   5, 1982     2nd American Rubik's Cube Championships
Winter   1982     5th/6th issues of Cubic Circular
Feb  15, 1983     Hanson & Breslow receive US Patent 4,373,729 for Missing Link
Mar  29, 1983     Erno Rubik receives US Patent 4,378,116 for Rubik's Domino
Mar  29, 1983     Erno Rubik receives US Patent 4,378,117 for 2x2x2 cube
May   4, 1983     Cecil Smith's cube collection featured on WCSC-TV
June 25, 1983     United Kingdom Rubik's Revenge championship
July 12, 1983     Rubik receives US Patent 4,392,323 for Rubik's Snake
Dec  20, 1983     Peter Sebesteny receives US Patent 4,421,311 for 4x4x4
Apr   3, 1984     Joseph F Hyland et all receives US Patent 4,440,395 for Rubik's Game
Nov  27, 1984     Matsumoto Takao receives US Patent 4,484,406 for a different Rubik's Snake
Mar  26, 1985     Adam Alexander et all receives US patent 4,506,891 for Alexander's Star
Summer   1985     7th/8th issues of Cubic Circular
June     1985     Cube appears on cover of Byte Magazine (Algorithms)
Sept 10, 1985     Tibor Horvath receives US Patent 4,540,177 for a different 4x4x4
March    1986     Discover prints excellent story on Erno Rubik
July 15, 1986     Udo Krell receives patent for 5x5x5 cube, Pyraminx Ultimate, Pyraminx Crystal,
                   and more. US Patent 4,600,199
July 28, 1986     Erno Rubik files for US patent on Rubik's Magic
Dec   9, 1986     Rubik et all files for patent for Electronic Rubik's Cube
         1987     Oxford press publishes Rubik's Cubic Compendium
March    1987     Cadbury uses over-sized cube in commercial
Aug  11, 1987     Erno Rubik receives US patent 4,685,680 for Rubik's Magic
Oct      1987     Jearl Walker's article on Rubik's Magic (Hinge) S.A.
Apr  29, 1988     Cecil Smith opens his Cube Museum (has 4,900 cubes)
May   1, 1988     Daily Sentinel shows Cecil's Cube Museum on front page
July 26, 1988     Los Angeles Times reports on Rubik's Clock
Apr   4, 1989     Rubik et all receives US patent 4,817,952 for Electronic Rubik's Cube
Feb      1990     1st Issue of Domain of the Cube
June 11, 1990     Beyond Tomorrow features Rubik Studio, Magic and Clock on TV
Dec  26, 1990     Hrsel & Kopsky file for US patent for Square 1
July     1991     Omni prints article on new puzzles, e.g. Moody Ball
Aug  15, 1991     First mention of Square 1 in cube-lovers
March 4, 1992     2 MCH FUN issues press release on Smart Alex
Aug  28, 1992     Hank Chang files patent for 3x3x3 Assembly Cube
Feb      1993     DOTC newsletter advertised in Games Magazine
Feb  15, 1993     Richard Snyder starts shipping his Square 1 book
Oct   5, 1993     Hrsel & Kopsky receive US patent USD0340093 for Square 1
Dec  21, 1993     Hank Chang receives US patent 5,271,688 for assembly cube
Dec   7, 1994     Martin Schoenert puts cube lovers on World Wide Web
May  16, 1995     First mention of Rubik's Dino Cube in cube-lovers
May  23, 1995     Uwe Meffert files for US patent for the Orbix puzzle
Dec  13, 1995     USA Today reports on Million Dollar Rubik's Cube,
                   created by Diamond Cutters International for it's
                   15th Anniversary
Jan  22, 1996     Creation of the Domain of the Cube web page
Oct  15, 1996     Uwe Meffert receives US patent 5,564,702 for Orbix
Sept     1999     Rubik's company Androsoft launches Rubik's Games software
Apr      2001     Jonathan P Brown builds robot out of Lego to solve Rubik's Cube
Aug  23, 2003     2nd Rubik's Cube World Championships 

大烟头

很老的贴子，是我当初在国外某网站找来的，哪位有空帮翻译下了。http://cubeman.vg-network.com/cchrono.txt

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大烟头

http://www.rubiks.by/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B8-rubik/49/62/

这里也有一些魔界纪年表，转几张老鲁的图片：

大烟头

原来球型3*3*3在70年就申请专利了，老莫的金字塔魔方也早在70年就申请专利了，看来魔方的出现是必然的。

大烟头

魔方年表
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研究整理 by Mark Longridge 版权所有 1996-2003年

前魔方时代
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1960年2月2日      William Gustafson 给他的可操控的玩具申请专利（1963年3月12日获得专利）
1963年3月12日    Gustafson（为他发明的玩具） 获得美国专利号3,081,089



（大烟头注：可以看出这是一个六轴二阶球魔方的专利）

1970年                 Uwe Meffert发明了一种用来研究在不同形态固体中能量流动的模型（金字塔）

（大烟头注：没想到老莫做出金字塔魔方的实物模型比老鲁的三阶还早几年）

1970年4月9日      Frank Fox 为球型3x3x3申请英国专利（1974年1月16日获得专利）

1970年3月4日      Larry Nichols为Twizzle申请专利（立方体2x2x2）（1972年4月11日获得专利）

1972年4月11日    Nichols获得美国专利号3,655,201



（大烟头注：是个磁性结构的二阶魔方.)

1974年1月16日    Frank Fox 获得英国专利号 1,344,259



（大烟头注：这就是六轴三阶球的设计了，这种设计完全是可行的，估计此人没制出实物模型，不然在制作过程中就会发现老鲁那种更简单的三阶结构了。可惜啊！）

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占楼

大烟头

1981年秋季，Singmaster出版了第一期的立方循环(*)

1982年春季，第二期的立方循环

1982年夏季，第三四期的立方循环

1982年冬季，第五六期的立方循环

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这是国外出过的魔方杂志，具体资料见：http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/cubic.htm

要用代理，这杂志的内容都是珍贵的魔方历史研究资料，最好能有人帮翻译下了。

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