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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Billiard recorder invented by Thomas Hopkins of Morriston, Swansea, in 1915. The dial and mechanism are housed in a rectangular wooden case; on top of the case is a bell; the metal dial has a cream painted face with arabic numerals and one hand; the dial is painted with the following: 'T. HOPKINS' BILLIARD RECORDER PATENT No 6100/15 UPLANDS, SWANSEA'. Also on the face is an indicator showing the total half hours timed. For further detail on the mechanism and specifications of the Patent see relating letters, blueprints and documents in MWL Archive 3929.