Billiard Balls

Description:

Three Bakelite billiard balls, in their original wooden box, made by the Hyatt-Burroughs Billiard Ball Co. of Newark, N.J. The label on the box states that "Bakelite Billiard balls are of the same resilience as the best ivory balls. 2-3/8 inch balls weigh exactly seven ounces, are of exact diameter, are perfectly and permanently round and balanced, unaffected by climactic conditions, and are practically indestructible."

Date Made: after 1907after 1910

Invented Hyatt Billiard Ball: Hyatt, John WesleyPatentee Of Bakelite: Baekeland, L. H.Maker: Hyatt-Burroughs Billiard Ball Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Newark

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Credit Line: Gift of Union Carbide Corporation

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0976.01Catalog Number: 1981.0976.01Accession Number: 1981.0976

Object Name: billiard ballsBilliard and Cue BallsBilliard Balls

Physical Description: plastic, resin, bakelite (balls material)wood (container material)cardboard (container material)Measurements: box: 79 mm x 89 mm x 214 mm; 3 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 7/16 inoverall in cardboard box: 4 3/4 in x 10 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 27.6225 cm x 8.89 cm

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Record Id: nmah_222

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