golfball

3 photos tagged golfball, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1901

1924

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KenjiB_48 said:
Looks like an early durometer - drops a ball onto a piece of material with high precision??.
swanq said:
www.gardco.com/pages/hardness/OSoperatingstands.cfm shows examples modern examples of what KenjiB_48 has in mind.
Ross said:
The fact that they're dressed like dentists seems like a clue. Look at the high resolution TIFF and the gadget certainly may be a glass X-ray tube. The golf ball is sitting on a packet wrapped in opaque paper—so my guess is that there's a film or a plate wrapped inside it to record an image of the golf ball innards.
KenjiB_48 said:
Miller-Urey experiment?
swanq said:
Scarsdale Inquirer, Number 36, 2 August 1924 news.hrvh.org/veridian/cgi-bin/senylrc?a=d&d=scarsdal... notes, among many applications of X-rays, use for checking that the core of a golf ball is dead centered. New Smyrna Daily News from New Smyrna, Florida · May 2, 1924, Page 3 www.newspapers.com/newspage/15302976/ mentions such use. www.golfwrx.com/247385/inside-titleists-golf-ball-facilit... suggests that it was a few years later (early 1930s) that Titleist started using X-rays in the production line.

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La Belle Province said:
Looking very natty.
only1tanuki said:
I unfortunately don't know much about golf... but I know he's much better dressed than most of the people I see playing nowadays.
Nick Stewart said:
With shoes that well shined, he must be a military man. Love the whole outfit.
Seuss. said:
Look at that grip! I'd break my wrist swinging like that. Pre-Harry Vardon
Flapweb said:
fantastic socks!. agree about the grip - he must be a hooker!