These balls are moving in great circles and ellipses, and are of course, the electrons, the particles of negative electricity which by their action create the forces that tie this atom of calcium to the neighboring atoms of oxygen and make up the solid structure of my finger bone.

The rammer is " Tenure of Office Bill " and cannon balls on the floor are " Justice ".

When the wind blows horizontally, it presses on and moves the ball ; because ping-pong balls are very lightweight, they move easily in light winds.

The definition of ballroom dance also depends on the era: balls have featured popular dances of the day such as the Minuet, Quadrille, Polonaise, Polka, Mazurka, and others, which are now considered to be historical dances.

If no errors and no passed balls occur during the inning, all runs scored are automatically earned ( assigned responsible to the pitcher ).

The factors cited are: smaller sized ballparks than in the past, " juiced baseballs " implying that the balls are wound tighter thus travel further following contact with the bat, " watered down pitching " implying that lesser quality pitchers are up in the Major Leagues due to too many teams.

Although many types of balls are today made from rubber, this form was unknown outside the Americas until after the voyages of Columbus.

As balls are one of the most familiar spherical objects to humans, the word " ball " is used to refer to, or to describe, anything spherical or near-spherical.

Tennis balls are more than eleven times heavier than shuttlecocks, 57 grams versus 5 grams.

Tapioca balls are the prevailing chewy tidbit in bubble tea, but a wide range of other options can be used to add similar texture to the drink.

Green pearls have a small hint of green tea flavor, and are chewier than the traditional tapioca balls.

( These are actually referred to in the translation as " balls "; however, they were clearly intended to be bubbles, since they pop, and are taken from Bubble Bobble.

Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.

Items such as billiard balls, dominoes and pieces for games like chess, checkers, and backgammon are constructed of Bakelite for its look, durability, fine polish, weight, and sound.

O atoms are red balls, N atoms are blue, and H atoms are omitted for simplicity ; sidechains are shown only out to the first sidechain C atom ( green ).

Boudin balls are commonly served in southern Louisiana restaurants and are made by taking the boudin out of the case and frying it in spherical form.

The game's distinguishing feature is the " croquet " shot: when certain balls hit other balls, extra shots are allowed.

These balls can then be exchanged for prizes.

They offer more playing time for a certain amount of money spent and have balls exchanged for game tokens, which can only be used to play other games in the establishment.

Thus he wired J. P. Lower and Sons of Denver: `` Have you any percussion hand grenades for throwing in a house or across a well loaded with balls or shrapnel shot??

Whitey Herzog, performing in right as the Orioles fielded possibly their strongest team of the spring, worked Keegan for a base on balls.

Jay Porter drew a base on balls to fill the bases but Don Wert's smash was knocked down by Rudolph for the putout.

Their Majesties, The Queen of Carnival and The Queen of Comus, have jointly issued invitations for Shrove Tuesday evening at midnight at which time they will entertain in the grand ballroom of a downtown hotel following the balls of Rex and Comus.

* SF — Sacrifice fly: Fly balls hit to the outfield which although caught for an out, allow a baserunner to advance

To determine whether a run is earned, the official scorer must reconstruct the inning as it would have occurred without the errors ( for purposes of this rule, the " errors " also include passed balls ).

Receiving a base on balls does not count as a hit or an at bat for a batter but does count as a time on base and a plate appearance.

In 1880, the National League changed the rules so that eight balls instead of nine were required for a walk.

In 1884, the National League changed the rules so that six balls were required for a walk.

In 1886, the American Association changed the rules so that six balls instead of seven were required for a walk ; however, the National League changed the rules so that seven balls were required for a walk instead of six.

In 1887, the National League and American Association agreed to abide by some uniform rule changes and decreased the number of balls required for a walk to five.

In 1889, the National League and the American Association decreased the number of balls required for a walk to four.

A player completes a turn batting when: he strikes out or is declared out before reaching first base ; or he reaches first base safely or is awarded first base ( by a base on balls, hit by pitch, or catcher's interference ); or he hits a fair ball which causes a preceding runner to be put out for the third out before he himself is put out or reaches first base safely ( see also left on base, fielder's choice, force play )

Balls were only replaced if they were hit into the crowd and lost, and many clubs employed security guards expressly for the purpose of retrieving balls hit into the stands — a practice unthinkable today.

The first balls made specifically for basketball were brown, and it was only in the late 1950s that Tony Hinkle, searching for a ball that would be more visible to players and spectators alike, introduced the orange ball that is now in common use.

The scoring team receives one point for each of their balls that is closer to the jack than the closest ball of the other team.

He nevertheless affirmed his commitment to returning to Twenty20 cricket, and on 27 June 2010 appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club match against a touring Pakistan team, scoring 37 from 32 balls.

However, purely negative play is rarely a winning strategy: successful players ( in all versions other than golf croquet ) will use all four balls to set up a break for themselves, rather than simply making the game as difficult as possible for their opponents.

* In the city of Uruk, southern Mesopotamia, groups of tokens representing commercial transactions begin to be enclosed in hollow clay balls and kept in archives.

The Greek poet Callimachus was the first to state that these deep fried dough balls were soaked in honey and then served to the winners as " honey tokens ".

In these instances, those who won their tokens would take their turn at the Wall before any balls were drawn from the lottery machine.

During the games, wooden balls were dropped into the audience, inscribed with various prizes ( clothing, gold, or even slaves ), which could then be traded for the designated item.

Winnings take the form of additional balls, which players may either use to keep playing or exchange for prizes.

Special prizes are awarded to the player in amounts corresponding to the number of balls won.

Under Japanese law, cash cannot be paid out directly for pachinko balls, but there is usually a small establishment located nearby, separate from the game parlor but sometimes in a separate unit as part of the same building, where players may " sell " special prizes for cash.

The first team to cover numbers on their card that form a Lingo – five numbers in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row – wins the game, $ 250 ( along with the prizes from any prize balls they drew ) and the right to play in the " No Lingo " bonus round.

A claw vending machine consists of prizes, usually plush toys or alternatives such as jewelry, capsuled toys, hats, balls, dolls, shirts, candy and electronics.

A player would get a free ball, but could cash in any number of " Golden Euros " to gain additional balls, which would then be fired into a large roulette wheel, with slots labelled with cash prizes ranging from € 3, 000 to € 10, 000.

The contest then gave away tennis balls, footballs and other such equipment and prizes.

The most common prizes on it were either a bicycle or athletic balls.