Billiard table ivory balls from warping. The first use of electric heating was for an 18.2 balkline tournament held in December 1927 between Welker Cochran and Jacob Schaefer, Jr. The New York Times announced it with fanfare: "For the first time in the history of world's championship balkline billiards a heated table will be used..." A pool table, or pocket billiards table, has six – one at each corner of the table () and one at the midpoint of each of the longer sides ( or ). Pool tables come in different sizes, typically referred to as , , , or tables.
Victoria Billiard Saloon a barber's shop before returning to use as a billiard room. Victoria Billiard Saloon Victoria Billiard Saloon is situated on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia and is one of the few remaining billiard saloons in the state. It was purpose built as a billiard saloon in the mid-1890s adjacent to the Victoria Hotel. The builder was H. Davey and the building originally comprised two shops with the saloon at the rear. It is of brick construction with corrugated iron roof gable roof. The front façade is rendered with a decorative parapet with finials, columns and pilasters. In the 1930s