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J Glossary of cue sports terms

a jump shot performed ronnie o’sullivan. jump also jump shot. shot cue ball intentionally jumped air clear obstacle (usually object ball, in games non-ball objects, e.g. bottle pool). jump shots must performed hitting cue ball table s surface rebounds cloth. scooping under cue ball fling air deemed foul authoritative rules sources, cue ball technically struck twice, once tip, once ferrule. legal jump shot works compressing cue ball against slate under cloth, causing spring upward when downward pressure of cue released. naturally, non-standard rock cue balls (made of ceramic, denser more typical phenolic resin , other plastics used billiard balls) not well-suited jump shots. billiard halls , entire leagues prohibit jump (and massé) shots, out of fears of damage equipment, cloth. specialized jump cues exist better facilitate jump shots; shorter , lighter, , harder tips, normal cues. jump shots go through or objects rather on them common in trick shot (artistic pool , artistic billiards...

Cantref Cemais Cemaes Head

ancient dyfed showing cantref of cemais , commotes cemaes head lies on northern edge of former medieval barony (or lordship) of cemais, known cantref cemais, 1 of so-called 7 cantrefs of dyfed . cemais (sometimes spelled kemes after 1 of several variations found in medieval orthography) occupied coastal area between teifi estuary , fishguard, , northern , southern slopes of preseli hills, , had area of 359 km. robert fitz martin (c. 10?? – c. 1159), norman knight west of england supported henry in campaigns in wales, became first lord of cemais , founded nearby st dogmaels abbey. despite being occupied normans in 12th century, , made part of march, remained exclusively welsh-speaking. it later became known hundred of cemais, created cantref @ time of acts of union of 1535–1542, transferring parish of llantood cilgerran hundred , adding small area of cantref gwarthaf cantref.

Types of hydrides Hydride

1 types of hydrides 1.1 ionic hydrides 1.2 covalent hydrides 1.3 interstitial hydrides or metallic hydrides 1.4 transition metal hydride complexes 1.5 deuterides types of hydrides according general definition every element of periodic table (except noble gases) forms 1 or more hydrides. these substances have been classified 3 main types according nature of bonding: ionic hydrides, have significant ionic bonding character. covalent hydrides, include hydrocarbons , many other compounds covalently bond hydrogen atoms. interstitial hydrides, may described having metallic bonding. while these divisions have not been used universally, still useful understand differences in hydrides. ionic hydrides ionic or saline hydrides composed of hydride bound electropositive metal, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal. divalent lanthanides such europium , ytterbium form compounds similar of heavier alkali metal. in these materials hydride viewed pseudohalide. saline hydrides insoluble in conventional so...

Reflecting telescopes History of the telescope

the ability of curved mirror form image may have been known since time of euclid , had been extensively studied alhazen in 11th century. galileo, giovanni francesco sagredo, , others, spurred on knowledge curved mirrors had similar properties lenses, discussed idea of building telescope using mirror image forming objective. niccolò zucchi, italian jesuit astronomer , physicist, wrote in book optica philosophia of 1652 tried replacing lens of refracting telescope bronze concave mirror in 1616. zucchi tried looking mirror hand held concave lens did not satisfactory image, possibly due poor quality of mirror, angle tilted at, or fact head partially obstructed image. light path in gregorian telescope. in 1636 marin mersenne proposed telescope consisting of paraboloidal primary mirror , paraboloidal secondary mirror bouncing image through hole in primary, solving problem of viewing image. james gregory went further detail in book optica promota (1663), pointing out reflecting telescope mirr...

Crossings River Liffey

ship jeanie johnston @ river liffey. dividing northside of dublin southside, liffey today spanned numerous bridges, open vehicular traffic. these include west-link bridge on m50 motorway, seán heuston bridge , o connell bridge. there 3 pedestrian bridges in city: millennium bridge, seán o casey bridge , ha penny bridge. 21st century additions include samuel beckett bridge (2009) , james joyce bridge (2003), both designed santiago calatrava. crossings further upriver include liffey bridge @ celbridge, bridge @ 16 (a 19th-century pedestrian suspension bridge @ k club), , leinster aqueduct – carries grand canal on liffey @ caragh. art works along river , quays include famine memorial statues (near ifsc) , world hunger stone.

Biography Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim

febronius treatise de statu ecclesiae as historian hontheim s reputation rests on contributions history of trier. had, during period of activity official @ coblenz, found time collect vast mass of printed , manuscript material afterwards embodied in 3 works on history of trier. of these historia trevirensis diplomatica et pragmatica published in 3 vols. folio in 1750, prodromus historiae trevirensis in 2 vols. in 1757. give, besides history of trier , constitution, large number of documents , references published authorities. third work, historiae scriptorum et monumentarum trevirensis omptissima collectio, remains in manuscript @ city library of trier. these books, result of enormous labor in collation , selection in unfavourable circumstances, entitle hontheim fame of pioneer in modern historical methods. it is, however, febronius hontheim best remembered. 1763 treatise on state of church , legitimate power of roman pontiff offered europe foremost formulation of arguments against...

Monsieur Verdoux and communist accusations Charlie Chaplin

monsieur verdoux (1947), dark comedy serial killer, marked significant departure chaplin. unpopular @ time of release flopped in united states. chaplin claimed barry trials had crippled [his] creativeness , , time before began working again. in april 1946, began filming project had been in development since 1942. monsieur verdoux black comedy, story of french bank clerk, verdoux (chaplin), loses job , begins marrying , murdering wealthy widows support family. chaplin s inspiration project came orson welles, wanted him star in film french serial killer henri désiré landru. chaplin decided concept make wonderful comedy , , paid welles $5,000 idea. chaplin again vocalised political views in monsieur verdoux, criticising capitalism , arguing world encourages mass killing through wars , weapons of mass destruction. because of this, film met controversy when released in april 1947; chaplin booed @ premiere, , there calls boycott. monsieur verdoux first chaplin release failed both criticall...