Carom billiards
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Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless billiard tables. In it
A carom billiard table and billiard balls
The Family Remy by Januarius Zick, c. 1776, featuring billiards among other parlour activities
A set of modern standard carom billiard balls, comprising a red object ball, a white cue ball for the first player, and a yellow cue ball for the second player.
Louis XIV playing billiards (1694)
Billiard ball
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A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific gam
Carom billiards
…Carom billiards A carom billiard table and billiard balls Highest governing body Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) First played 18th century France Characteristics Contact No Team members Single opponents, doubles…
Cue balls from (left to right): Russian pyramid and kaisa—68 mm (2+11⁄16 in) Carom—61.5 mm (2+7⁄16 in) International pool—57.15 mm (2+1⁄4 in) Snooker and English billiards—52.5 mm (2+1⁄16 in) British-style pool—51 mm (2 in)
Pool balls in a rack
Setup for blackball