A Review On the Pool Table Considering To Past And Present
Written by admin
Monday, 06 November 2006
If you will go back to the 15th Century, you can found the early and interesting history of billiards. According to this history billiards has been an essential recreational game for everyone. At that time billiards has been a game for both bad boys and from the highest aristocracy to the lowest street thugs throughout the centuries. The game billiard was accused as a sinful activity by the churches and governments especially in America for hundreds of years.
However billiards became known as "pool" in the 19th Century when horserace track betting pool rooms were equipped with billiards tables. Eventually the association of betting poolrooms refers to these tables as "pool tables" with the billiards tables at that time.
In 1903, a first coin-operated pool table was invented which cost a little to play. At this time the balls were made up of ivory, and one tusk yielded only about four balls. But in the 20th Century, these ivory balls were replaced by the invention of celluloid and other plastics. Even the side cushions are made of a certain type of vulcanized rubber, and the felt is made of wool or a wool-nylon blend which can be found the same design over 400 years. Pockets can be baskets, or they can be drop-and-return carriage systems, as common found in coin-operated tables.
Today the pool is one of the most popular sports in the world in form of billiards game. The tournaments have been organizing every year sometimes with the jackpots reaching the millions of dollars today. In fact you don't have to spend millions of dollars when you buy a pool table for your home or business. Pool tables run anywhere from a few hundred dollars to many thousands of dollars in general varying in quality and style.
