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The English-American inventor [[Montague Redgrave]] was awarded a patent for improvements to bagatelles that replaced the billiards cue with a spring-loaded plunger, decreased the size of the game so that it would fit atop a counter, changed the balls from billiard balls to marbles, and changed large wooden pegs to small metal pins. This improvement was an important step towards the creation of pinball. | The English-American inventor [[Montague Redgrave]] was awarded a patent for improvements to bagatelles that replaced the billiards cue with a spring-loaded plunger, decreased the size of the game so that it would fit atop a counter, changed the balls from billiard balls to marbles, and changed large wooden pegs to small metal pins. This improvement was an important step towards the creation of pinball. | ||
==Novels released in 1871== | |||
''[[Through the Looking Glass]]'', the second ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' novel by [[Lewis Carroll]], was published. | |||
==Video games set in 1871== | ==Video games set in 1871== | ||
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1871 saw the creation of inventions that would later be related to the computer industry.
Inventions created in 1871
The English-American inventor Montague Redgrave was awarded a patent for improvements to bagatelles that replaced the billiards cue with a spring-loaded plunger, decreased the size of the game so that it would fit atop a counter, changed the balls from billiard balls to marbles, and changed large wooden pegs to small metal pins. This improvement was an important step towards the creation of pinball.
Novels released in 1871
Through the Looking Glass, the second Alice in Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll, was published.
Video games set in 1871
Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston by Sculptured Software was set in 1871.
