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Ivory Billiard Ball
Lemelson Center1800/1900
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Washington, DC, United States
Ivory was the preferred material for billiard balls in the 19th century and the search for substitutes, whether motivated by economics or ethics, informed the invention of early plastics.
- Ivory billiard ball, late 1800s.
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- Title: Ivory Billiard Ball
- Creator: Lemelson Center
- Date Created: 1800/1900
- Subject Keywords: Endangered Species
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