. The rise and progress of the game of billiards ... With the rules of the game . THE GAME OF BILLIARDS t?ei]. Bme elasticity of the rubber, was the cause of the angle,produced by the rebound, being so acute and so far removedfrom correctness. The illustration also shows at howawkward an elevation the cue had to be held to strike the*-ball when in contact with the old st^^e cushion. Anotherstyle of the old style is shown in the next diagram. 0 In form, it had g<?\S^v\\\\^^ all the objectionable^^featuresofthepre-ceding one—extrav-gant height, raisedsights, etc. It wascalled the Englishpatte
. The rise and progress of the game of billiards ... With the rules of the game . THE GAME OF BILLIARDS t?ei]. Bme elasticity of the rubber, was the cause of the angle,produced by the rebound, being so acute and so far removedfrom correctness. The illustration also shows at howawkward an elevation the cue had to be held to strike the*-ball when in contact with the old st^^e cushion. Anotherstyle of the old style is shown in the next diagram. 0 In form, it had g<?\S^v\\\\^^ all the objectionable^^featuresofthepre-ceding one—extrav-gant height, raisedsights, etc. It wascalled the Englishpattern, and wassimply a strip of rub-ber of the shape represented; the same objections applyto it as to the pipe or tube cushion, viz., an imbeddingof the ball, and too much elasticity; the angles it gives areat variance with all known geometrical principles. Thefigure will also serve to show the shape of the old clothcushion, composed of long strips or layers of cloth, laidparallel with the cushion rail. THE OLD-SCHOOL MAKERS DIDNt WANT IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. Phelans long experience as a scientific player ofbil
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