Billiard Ball
notes: label: Description
content: The Albany Billiard Ball Company was established in Albany, N.Y., in 1868, to capitalize on John Wesley Hyatt’s discovery of celluloid. It was renamed the Albany-Hyatt Billiard Ball Company in 1977, and later Albany International. This latter firm gave this half of a yellow celluloid billiard ball to the Museum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Albany International
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0071.08
label: accession number
content: 1997.0071
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0071.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Billiard Ball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 mm x 25 mm; 2 1/4 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 5.715 cm