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 427
ce three-quarters down the table, theunit or quantity of power No. 1 being the amount of force neces-sary to propel a ball from the string to the opposite cushion, andthence back to the cushion behind the string. The ball must bestruck below the centre, and with a quick, sharp force.18* 418… … direct:on of line 1. To carom on ball 2, strike the cue ball one-eighth left, one-half below, quantity of power 3—the object ball totake the direction of line 2. To carom on balls 3 and 4, on theopposite side of the same semicircle, the same quantity of power isto be used as in effecting the…
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