Billiard Balls
date: label: date made
content: after 1907
label: date made
content: after 1910
name: label: invented hyatt billiard ball
content: Hyatt, John Wesley
label: patentee of bakelite
content: Baekeland, L. H.
label: maker
content: Hyatt-Burroughs Billiard Ball Company
notes: label: Description
content: 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."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0976.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0976.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0976
objectType: label: Object Name
content: billiard balls
label: Object Name
content: Billiard and Cue Balls
label: Object Name
content: Billiard Balls
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, resin, bakelite (balls material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (container material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 79 mm x 89 mm x 214 mm; 3 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: 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