BILLIARDS AT SEA.

Mataura Ensign, 20 March 1909, Page 3

BILLIARDS AT SEA.

a t'iiA i;i: INVENTION. The cr.-.-.c „l l.iMirv in modern I ravel has .-on; iiive,,,,,r> .-cirr., icg like the Iraditiouai llviiig pieinait into the hvcivays and hulgo ~f (piasi-scieiitilic 're>ear,'li. in order in rob lite undulating pa tin ol the -real water of some ai least ol their obvious disadvantages. The hit,',d achievement In this respect is a billiard labie suitable for use l,v those who ;:o down to the' sea ill ship.;, u-hidi liill itteier all circunisiances remain rpiitel. "!. _ I'lte lahle Is pivoted erk-eoutriv'ed" mechanism, 'and rests upon roller hearing., it is obvious, of cniirsc, to anvonc wlio lias devoted anv attention to 'tin particular faseiualingame, ihat its esposiiiuii on ship-board would b,. tua.nile.stlv ineonveiiieul during had weal her, a, the 11,,0r of the aparlnieiii (which t.-, separate ironi the has- of ihe lahle, oouid 11.11 he relied upon ti, remain sttttionary Mlliicien tly canTion or a long .ictiu'v'to he hroiii'ht oil with complete slice's-:. And so all attachment is provided liv means oi which the tabic' mav be 'locked and placed out t,f action in had weather, so as to become a de-k lixlure. ihus avoiding any risk ol damage to the balancing mechanism. To show ihe lahle i„ actual work lie p.tlcniccs have had lined up. at iheir works, a movable deck. ~„ which stands .■' billiard table lilt by :||l. Tills lahle is pivoted in the iviiv described, and although iu base moves with Ihe deck ihe balancing is ~, perfe.-t that the IcIU retmnn perfect Iv slatmnnrv .-ave when hit l,v the cue, and then (licit 1 ion is tti no vvav alicclcd bv (he rolling or pit ell no:.. Il is M, ; r,„.,|,,| ,hat the idea is eipmlh applicable lo Ihe ' sj-, M |,.ii,,u of sleeping berihs on shiphoard, and when this is done ocean navel will have I n robbed ol ne.nlv hall its lerrors.