OBJECT BALL • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Object ball

... billiard-room of the house. I took off the cloth, got out the balls, picked out a cue for Mr. Edison, and when we banked for the first shot I won and started the game. After making two or three shots I missed, and a long carom shot was left for Mr. Edison, the cue ball and object ball being within about twelve inches of each other, and the other ball a distance of nearly the length of the table. Mr. Edison attempted to make the shot, but missed it and said 'Put the balls back.' So I put them back ...

— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin

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