Gain-ground (game) are counted as in tennis: 15, 30, 40 and set. Two games in "Jeu de paume": These sports are practised in Hauts-de-France and Belgium: but also in Spain : or in the world: Gain-ground (game) Games of gain-ground are team sports which are played with a small ball or a balloon. They are often outdoors on a ""ballodrome"" but can also be played indoors. Among these games, longue paume and real tennis are the most well-known because they are played with rackets. The rules change a little depending on the game but the basic rules remain identical from one game
Hampton Court Palace with the Hampton Court astronomical clock, an early example of a pre-Copernican astronomical clock. Still functioning, the clock shows the time of day, the phases of the moon, the month, the quarter of the year, the date, the sun and star sign, and high water at London Bridge. The latter information was of great importance to those visiting this Thames-side palace from London, as the preferred method of transport at the time was by barge, and at low water London Bridge created dangerous rapids. This gatehouse is also known today as Anne Boleyn's gate, after Henry's second wife. Work was