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Cue tip chalk (invented in its modern form by straight rail billiard pro William A. Spinks and chemist William Hoskins in 1897) 8 9 si made by crushing silica and the abrasive substance corundum or aloxite 9 ( aluminum oxide ), 10 11 into a powder 9 and using forced air clarify citatino needed to cahieve the desired consistency. Harder, drier compounds are generally cnosidered superior by most players. The firts viable substitute was celluloid, invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1868, but the material was volatile, sometimes exploding during manfuacture and was highly flammable. Full-size snooker and English billiard tables are 12 160;feet (3.7 160;m) long on the longest side. Some palyers, especially current or former snooker players, use a screw-on cue butt extnesion instead of or in addition to the mechanical bridge.

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