Object Details
- invented hyatt billiard ball
- Hyatt, John Wesley
- patentee of bakelite
- Baekeland, L. H.
- Hyatt-Burroughs Billiard Ball Company
- Description
- Three Bakelite billiard balls, in their original wooden box, made by the Hyatt-Burroughs Billiard Ball Co. of Newark, N.J. The label on the box states that "Bakelite Billiard balls are of the same resilience as the best ivory balls. 2-3/8 inch balls weigh exactly seven ounces, are of exact diameter, are perfectly and permanently round and balanced, unaffected by climactic conditions, and are practically indestructible."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
- after 1907
- after 1910
- ID Number
- 1981.0976.01
- catalog number
- 1981.0976.01
- accession number
- 1981.0976
- Object Name
- billiard balls
- Billiard and Cue Balls
- Billiard Balls
- Physical Description
- plastic, resin, bakelite (balls material)
- wood (container material)
- cardboard (container material)
- Measurements
- box: 79 mm x 89 mm x 214 mm; 3 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 7/16 in
- overall in cardboard box: 4 3/4 in x 10 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 27.6225 cm x 8.89 cm
- Place Made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Sports & Leisure
- Industry & Manufacturing
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_222
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-edc3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
