| In this article we're going to continue
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| | was celluloid. However, because of the
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| our transformation years with the changes
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| | problems with his earlier billiard balls,
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| that were made in billiard balls to begin
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| | acceptance of these celluloid billiard
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| with.The early billiard balls were made
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| | balls did not come easily. However, this
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| of wood. They were easy to shape,
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| | process did lead to the discovery of
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| inexpensive and readily available. In
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| | Bakelite and cast-phenolic resins which
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| the 1600s ivory billiard balls came into
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| | are the main components of billiard balls
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| use. While they were more playable than
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| | even to this day.Then in 1892 William A.
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| wood they were very expensive and only
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| | Spinks, a professional billiard player
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| the very rich could afford them. And
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| | from Chicago, began working with chemists
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| while they were nice to look at they
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| | on the components of chalk. It was
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| never were very dependable. They also
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| | during one of his trips to Paris that he
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| took a very long time to make as the tusk
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| | discovered a chalk like no other. He was
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| softening process took almost two years.
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| | impressed with the chalk's ability to
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| Ivory billiard balls could split or
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| | grip during play and set out to invent a
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| fracture easily if not made just right.
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| | chalk that could grip even more. Finally
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| New balls had to be broken in gently by
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| | in 1897 he was granted a patent for
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| being struck softly for the first couple
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| | billiard chalk, which actually did not
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| of months.Finally in 1869 an Albany
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| | contain any billiard chalk at all. It
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| chemist mixed nitrocellulose with camphor
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| | was made up entirely of silica and
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| under high pressure. This resulted in a
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| | axolite. This compound was crushed to
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| hard, shiny, mouldable substance he
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| | fine powder and then air floated to
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| called celluloid. The man's name was
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| | achieve just the right fineness.The
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| John Wesley Hyatt and while he didn't
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| | effect of the new "chalk" on the game
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| know it at the time, he had just invented
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| | would change billiards forever. The grit
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| the world's first plastic. It was this
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| | actually took hold of the ball on impact
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| discovery that led to improvements in
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| | in a way that had never been seen before.
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| billiard balls to this very day. In
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| | It also solved the problem of blackboard
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| April of that same year Hyatt discovered
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| | chalk which discolored the billiard cloth
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| "collodion," which was actually an early
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| | and even rotted the fabric. The original
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| form of celluloid. The addition of
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| | color of this chalk was green but
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| collodion to the surface of the balls
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| | eventually it was made in just about
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| resulted in a hard and perfectly smooth
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| | every color. This chalk greatly improved
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| surface. Unfortunately, the new balls
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| | the performance of the cue tip and
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| could shatter under hard impact and
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| | literally revolutionized the game
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| manufacture of them had to be stopped
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| | itself.In the next article in this series
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| until a fix for this problem was found.
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| | we'll take a look at cue construction
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| The discovery that solved this problem
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| | during the transformation years.
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