Instead of using electronic signals like a conventional computer, it relies on the motion of spherical billiard balls in a friction-free environment made of buffers against which the balls bounce perfectly.
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A billiard-ball computer, also known as a conservative logic circuit, is an idealized model of a reversible mechanical computer based on Newtonian dynamics, proposed in 1982 by Edward Fredkin and Tommaso Toffoli.
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Logic gates based on billiard-ball computer designs have also been made to operate using live soldier crabs of the species Mictyris guinotae in place of the billiard balls.
The breakthrough came when he read a theoretical article of two scientists who illustrated how to make logic gates to a computer by using the balls on a billiard table as an example.
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A chance meeting with magician Roy Benson in the early 1940s gave Wakeling the beginnings on an idea for a routine with billiard balls, which later became something of a signature piece for him.
Bar billiards in its current form started in the UK in the 1930s when an Englishman David Gill saw Billiard Russe being played in Belgium and persuaded the Jelkes company of Holloway Road in London to make a similar table.
In addition to the "Alumni Weekend" the Avoda Alumni Association has many events throughout the off-season at various Massachusetts locations, including: Billiard Nights, Family Day at Gillette Stadium, and the annual Thanksgiving Football Game in Cleveland Circle.
Moore also worked as a technical adviser for billiard-related scenes in television and film in such productions as My Living Doll, and the Jerry Lewis movie The Family Jewels.
To begin with, a number of clubhouses were built, managed by the YMCA, which contained billiard rooms, an assembly room, a reading room, bowling alleys, dark rooms for the camera clubs, gymnastic equipment, an ice cream parlor and soda fountain, and a circulating library.
In 1976, at the Challenge of Champions, Tom Jennings, who was named the World Champion of the annual US Open Pocket Billiard Championship, held by the Billiard Congress of America, agreed to battle it out with Lisciotti for the top spot.
Maurice W. Parker, Sr. (1873–1958), voice coach, marksman, billiard champion, and violin maker
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Moori Tips, Japanese manufacturer of pool and billiard cue tips
His claim was supported by the author Compton Mackenzie in a letter to The Billiard Player in 1939, and has been accepted ever since.
About 1900, a billiard room was added at the request of Lord Lamington.
The title of this episode references the board game Clue, in which players state who they think the murderer is by saying, for example, "Colonel Mustard. In the Billiard Room. With the screwdriver".
In the music video for "Smile in Your Sleep" on the Discovering the Waterfront album, Koehler played Professor Plum for the game Clue, where he is seen holding the rope in the billiard room and then later holding a candle stick in the conservatory.
He acquired a number of billiard tables from the 1904 St. Louis Exposition, and installed them on the second floor of this building.
The company was purchased by Spalding Company and the plant closed when Spalding sold it to Ebonite Billiard in 1976 which was a subsidiary of Fuqua Companies.
William A. Spinks (1865–1933), American billiard champion, co-inventor of modern billiard chalk, oil investor, farmer, and originator of the Spinks avocado variety
WPA World Nine-ball Championship, also known as the "World Pool Championship" for promotional purposes, an international, professional pocket billiards (pool) tournament in the game of nine-ball, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association and often sponsored by Matchroom Sport
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WPA World Eight-ball Championship, an international, professional pocket billiards (pool) tournament in the game of eight-ball, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association
In 1879, Adams was chosen to be the official referee for the championship Collender Billiard Tournament held at Tammany Hall.