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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 424

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by a very hard or heavy blow;the more gentle the stroke, consistent with the object intended andthe distance to be travelled, the greater the certainty of execution.It will be observed, too, that the ball progresses more rapidly at thedesired angle after impact with the object than before. This… … will not fail to appreciate this value when he reflects that the cueball, driven from exactly the same point and striking the object balleach time in exactly the same spot, can be made by various de-grees of the twisting effect, to follow the different courses markedby the lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.…

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