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  2. Tip-top table - Wikipedia

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    A Tip-top table is a folding table with the tabletop hinged so it can be placed into a vertical position when not used to save space. It is also called tilt-top table, tip table, [1] snap table [2] [3] some variations are known as tea table, loo table. These multi-purpose tables were historically used for playing games, drinking tea or spirits ...

  3. Table-turning - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Table-turning (also known as table-tapping, table-tipping or table-tilting) is a type of séance in which participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and wait for rotations. The table was purportedly made to serve as a means of communicating with the spirits; the alphabet would be slowly spoken aloud and the table would tilt ...

  4. Campaign furniture - Wikipedia

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    A portable games table, packed down into its top which becomes a box case. One of the other main campaign furniture makers in the 19th century were Ross & Co Dublin who were considered " The Victorian Army’s Cabinet Maker of Choice." By the mid-19th century it was possible to buy a complete Barrack Room Outfit from several London firms.

  5. Bagatelle - Wikipedia

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    Bagatelle. A game of bagatelle in progress. Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards -derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked ...

  6. Zoetrope - Wikipedia

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    A zoetrope is a pre-film animation device that produces the illusion of motion, by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. A zoetrope is a cylindrical variant of the phénakisticope, an apparatus suggested after the stroboscopic discs were introduced in 1833.

  7. Games table desk - Wikipedia

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    A games table desk is an antique desk form which has a writing surface etched or veneered in the pattern of a given board game. It also provides sufficient storage space for writing implements and a separate space for storing game accessories such as counters. It is often called a "games table" or game table, which leads to confusion with ...

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