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  Billiards - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Billiards is a game played on a table with low rubber boundary around the edges, small balls, and a "cue", a stick that is used to push the white ball into other balls.
Billiards is also used to refer to the entire family of billiard-like games including pool games, once called pocket billiards, and snooker.
Although the game billiards has been eclipsed by its more popular brethren (few modern pool halls have billiard tables) the name has escaped the seedier associations of pool halls and still finds employment where more "sophisticated" terms are needed.
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 Billiards Encyclopedia Article @ BilliardMan.com (Billiard Man)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sometimes, however, "billiards" standing alone will refer in particular to carom games played on a pocketless table, as opposed to games played on tables with pockets, which may be referred to either as "pocket billiards" (or "pool"), as "snooker" or as "English billiards" (depending upon equipment size and rules).
Billiards is a family of games played on a table with a stick, known as a cue stick, which is used to strike balls, moving them around the table.
In the carom games such as straight billiards ("straight rail"), three-cushion billiards and balkline, as well as English billiards, there are two cue balls and a red ball.
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 Carambole Billiards Encyclopedia Article @ Billiardsman.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Carambole billiards (or carom) is a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France, though the exact date of invention is not clear.
Carom billiards is one of the few billiard games in which players do not share a cue ball.
The cloth on this type of billiard table is much finer than on a pool table, and allows for the balls to roll much further.
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 Billiards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billiards players often utilize the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection rule during a game when banking a ball off the rail.
A Billiards category encompassing pool, snooker and carom was featured in the 2005 World Games, held in Duisburg, Germany.
Billiard Congress of America - The official website of The Billiard Congress of America--The governing body of pool in the United States.
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 Billiard Warehouse
Bar billiards in its current form started in the UK in the 1930s and the tables were made by the Jelkes company of Holloway Road in London and sold to many pubs.
English billiards is a form of billiards played on a 6' X 12' rectangular table with pockets in the four corners and in the middle of the long sides (see Snooker for markings and a diagram).
Carambole billiards (or carom) is a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France, though nobody knows its exact time of invention.
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 GameLow.com: More Games>>Billiards
In certain contexts, "billiards" refers unambiguously to one or other of these games, such as English billiards or carambole billiards.
All billiard games are generally regarded to have evolved into indoor games from outdoor stick and ball games (1).
At the beginning of the 20th century, in an amazing bit of accidental environmentalism, the billiard industry realized that the supply of elephants (their primary source of ivory) was limited.
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 Billiards and Snooker - Online guide
Such a stroke was called a Carambole (later known as a 'Carom' or in England a 'Cannon').
Three cushion billiards has become the most popular form of Carom Billiards in both the USA and Western Europe - it essentially the same game as the original Carambole with the crucial difference that the cue ball must hit at least three cushions (known in the USA as rails) before striking the second ball.
Carambole and its derivatives, particularly Three cushion Billiards continue to be popular throughout continental Europe and the USA while a four-ball version is very popular in some parts of Asia.
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 Billiards » Blog Archive » Bar billiards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 Billiards - Wikipedia Light!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sometimes, however, "billiards" standing alone will refer to carom games played on a pocketless table, while games played on tables with pockets are referred to as pocket billiards or "pool".
In both carom and pocket billiards, an immensely important part of the game on each shot is the exercise of control over the final resting position of the cue ball.
All authoritative rule sources deem it illegal to "scoop" under the cue ball with the tip of the cue to fling it into the air (technically because it is illegal to contact the cue ball with the ferrule of the cue, and because the cue ball is struck twice, both of which are classic fouls).
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 Billiards - ExampleProblems.com
In the Netherlands, billiards is the name for the game of Carambole billiards.
Billiards is a family of games played on a table, with a stick, known as a cue stick, being used to strike balls, moving them around the table.
Beer-In-Hand - A modification of billiard games where the players are required to shoot holding the cue stick with one hand, while the other holds a beer.
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 Sport Info: Billiards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Billiards is a ƒamily oƒ games played on a table, with a stick, known as a cue stick, which is used to strike balls, moving them around the table.
The word "billiard" may have evolved ƒrom the French word billart, meaning "mace", an implement, similar to a golƒ club, which was the ƒorerunner to the modern cue.
A Rack (billiards) is the name given to a ƒrame (usually wood or plastic) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning oƒ a game.
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 Pool Billiard main page
I started playing billiards for fun with Jari (one of the other youth members) on Sundays at the cafe where the clubs were located.
We used to play carambole billiards with just the two white balls and one red ball and no pockets in the table but a few years ago a pool table was placed and since then we have primarily been playing 8-ball pool because it is a bit more dynamic.
The middle one is for three rail carambole billiards and it is a bit heavier with a wider tip.
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 Billiards - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Billiards is a game played on a table with low rubber boundary around the edges, small balls, and a stick or "cue" used to push the white ball into other balls.
Billiard Congress of America - The BCA website, which also sells books listing many popular billiard games and their rules.
The Billiard Resource: Pool Games Forum - A forum discussing billiard games and their rules.
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 Lilly adapts and adapts well
Carambole was added to the list this year, as the BSFI prepares for the 2002 Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea.
This (carambole) is an interesting sport, and despite the limited facilities in Delhi, young cueists should take it up seriously as there are three gold medals at stake in the 2002 Asian Games," Sethi said.
The Delhi Billiards and Snooker Association (DBSA), which hosted the championship, has for the first time made available carambole tables and cues, which conform to international standards, for the Indian cueists to practice.
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 Billiards Portal @ Billiardsman.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Billiard player Thorsten Hohmann found himself once again on the receiving end of misfortune tonight when he came up against a very determined Steve Moore.
Billiards Digest Interactive Message Board - Message board with on-line with experts, players and enthusiasts of the sport.
Billiard Directory - Directory of links including custom and production cue manufacturers, tables and accessories, organizations and leagues, news and publications.
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 10BB BILLIARDS, POOL, SNOOKER
Cotton, C. The compleat gamester, or, Instructions how to play at billiards, trucks, bowls, and chess: together with all manner of usual and most gentile games either on cards, or dice: to which is added, the arts and mysteries.
Kentfield, E. The game of billiards: scientifically explained, and practically set forth, in a series of novel and extraordinary, but equally practical strokes.
accompanying the work is a treatise on the origin rise, and progress of the game of billiards, compiled and arranged.
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 Michigan Cue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
One ball and oversized cue ball near pocket.The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of Billiard balls differ depending upon the specific billiards game being played.
At the beginning of the 20th century, in an amazing bit of accidental environmentalism, the billiard industry realized that the supply of elephants (their primary source of ivory) was finite.
Billiard chalkChalk is often applied to the tip of the cue stick to increase friction when the stick impacts the cue ball.
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 Carambole makes its bow
And being similar to billiards, the DBSA and the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India decided that the cueists in the country should be given adequate exposure to the sport.
However, the DBSA arranged for a few tables to be imported and then Billiardco quickly replicated the same to give enough tables for a preliminary coaching camp, which allowed many cueists to practise prior to the main tournament.
And for someone who has played on a billiards table the fact that there are no pockets is quite disconcerting at times.
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 carom - Google Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
To illistrate, imagine a carom billiard table (twice as long as wide with no pockets), where one can locate any point on the table using the Cartesian...
Carom Billiards (from billiards) Carom billiards, also known as French billiards, is played with three balls on a pocketless table.
Carambole billiards, a billiards game possibly developed in the 18th century in France; Carrom, a family of tabletop games...
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 Category:Billiards - Definition, explanation
Articles about billiards, and billiards related sports (snooker, pool).
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Holds regular billiards tournaments, promotes pool on campus and offers access to national billiards competitions.
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 billiards - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Billiards :: Sports
GameSpot - Q-Ball Billiards Master (PS2): Contains information, links, screenshots, news, hints, and a review.
Count on us for all of the latest on the Q-Ball Billiards Master Playstation 2 Game.
Rewired Mind - World Championship Snooker 2003 (PS2): Review, by Ken Barnes: There is work to be done for sure.
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 Welcome to 3 Cushion.com
Here you will find information on the game of billiards, billiard equipment, billiard players, tournaments both old and new, as well as an extensive collection of historical artifacts and documents relating to billiards.
3cushion.com is the world leader in billiards history, and professional billiards.
Also there are tournament charts, results, statistics, stories, and pictures from historic billiard events and current events.
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 Cue Balls, Balls, Billiards at Sports Goods Online
In Australia balls are called bigs and small referring to how much white is on the ball.
Unfortunately, the nature of celluloid gave these billiard balls a tendency to occasionally explode, adding additional spark to the game but ultimately making this first plastic impractical for such use.
North Carolina Tar Heels Licensed Billiards Cue Ball $21.99
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 Table and Board Games :: Billiards and Snooker - Online guide
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Union Mondiale de Billard Deutsche Billiard Union (Carom Billiards is big in Germany) United States Billiards Association (Carom Billiards)
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