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Billiards

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A practical and technical manual on the game of billiards that combines historical survey, equipment description, and systematic instruction for amateurs and players. It explains one-, two-, and three-ball practice, the physics of motion and rotation, and a variety of strokes including spot, safety, and break play, with discussion of championship rules and the three-inch-pocket table. Supplementary chapters cover pyramids, pool, and country-house variants. Diagrams, photographs, and expert contributions illustrate technique, while editorial commentary addresses reform, practice methods, and the relation between scientific theory and table skill.

ILLUSTRATIONS

(Reproduced by the Swan Electric Engraving Co.; Walker & Boutall; P. Naumann, and G. H. Ford)
PLATES
     
ARTIST  
A Screw Loser Lucien Davis. Frontispiece
     
Choosing a Cue „       „ To face p. 48
     
Preliminaries „       „     „     108
     
Opening The Game „       „     „     133
     
A Disputed Score „       „     „     148
     
In or out of Baulk „       „     „     190
     
The Long Rest „       „     „     264
     
A Serious Game: Nursing the Balls „       „     „     300
     
A Difficult Stroke „       „     „     362
     
Are They Touching „       „     „     386
     
A Ladies’ Battle „       „     „     440
     
     
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
     
  PAGE
Mr. Samson’s Sections of a Billiard-room 64, 65
     
An Outside Billiard-Room 103
     
Stringing. 106
     
An Easy Attitude 107
     
The Bridge 109
     
Using the Rest 113
     
The Bridge (bouclée) 129
     
Instead of Long Rest 148
     
High Bridge for a Cramped Stroke 188
     
A Push Stroke 225
     
A Push (bouclée) 232
     
The Leap or Jump Stroke 252
     
When Player’s Ball is near a Cushion 263
     
Preparing to play behind the Back: the right way 314
     
Preparing to play behind the Back: the wrong way 324
     
A Nursery 349
     
Playing behind the Back 360
     
A Winning Game 437