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Buffing billiard balls on a buffing wheel

Lemelson Center and Albany Billiard Ball Co.1920/1929

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Washington, DC, United States

"The manufacture of the synthetic balls is completed by buffing on a special buffing wheel, illustrated in photograph 84, where the final polishing is applied."

- From "Manufacture of Celluloid Billiard Balls," Albany Billiard Ball Co. Records.

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  • Title: Buffing billiard balls on a buffing wheel
  • Creator: Lemelson Center, Albany Billiard Ball Co.
  • Date Created: 1920/1929
  • Subject Keywords: Endangered Species
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

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