print email comment close A Brief History of Billiards and the Tools of the Trade URL: http://www.eaba.co.uk/articles/billiardsHistory/chapter1.html Description: "Advances in the game of billiards and the equipment used to play the game occurred very much in parallel. This brief history is intended to chronicle the links between the two." Covers the period 1600-1930 and topics such as an early form of the game played with two wooden balls, the mace and the cue, types of cushions and chalk, and ivory and synthetic resin balls. From the English Amateur Billiards Association. Author: Ainsworth, Peter Publisher: English Amateur Billiards Association LII Database Information: Record 24631 created by Maria Brandt on 10/01/2007 Last modification on 10/02/2007 Published: 10/10/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24631