The American Hoyle, or, Gentleman's hand-book of games: containing all the games played in the United States, with rules, descriptions, and technicalities, adapted to the American methods of playing (1864)
Dick, William B. (William Brisbane), 1827-1901, Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769 · Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 419
t line of its primi-tive direction. The force necessary to impel aball from the string to the lower endof the table, etc., is amply explainedin the accompanying diagram. Al-so, obs< ve the following abbrevia-tions. A., means above the centre ofthe ball. B., below the centre. R.,tothe right of… … EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DEGREESOF STRENGTH. The accompanying diagram willshow the different effects producedby different quantities of power,though the cue ball strike the ob-ject ball in exactly the same spot,and the former be struck by thecue at exactly the same point. For instance, strike the cue…
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