Sotpela bekim:tingting i kirap long Frans .(ol teboltop gem bagtel), tasol masin bilong pinbol bilong nau i bin kisim seip tru long 19th-senturi invensen na US koin-op divelopmen. Long narapela tok - as long Frans, evolusen long Briten/Amerika.
Olpela klia tumbuna em ol i bin kisim bagarap long en, em wanpela leit-18th French tebol gem we i bin yusim wanpela bod, ol pin na hul olsem ol mak. Bagatelle i go long olgeta hap bilong Yurop na i go long Amerika na planti man i kolim em olsem samting i bin kamap pastaim long ol samting nau yumi kolim pinbol.
Dispela wok bilong kalap i go long wanpela masin bilong pinbol bilong nau ol i luksave long en, em i kamap long yia 1800 samting. British{2}}}′ bon inventa Montague Redgrave i save kisim kredit long wanpela ki step: long 1871 em i bin patentim "Ol samting i kamap long Bagatelle," na em i kamapim wanpela spring plunger na ol liklik ston mabol bilong wanpela kompak kauntatop gem - wanpela disain we i bin stiaim stret bihain koin{5}opereted tebol.
Long ol 1930s gem i bin muv i go long ol komesel arcade: ol kampani i wokim ol koin-opereted tebol aninit long glas, ol i putim ol lektrik bampa na lait, na ol i skruim prodaksen. Ol dispela senis i tanim wanpela pastaim bilong parlo i kamap wanpela amamas-} plua stepol na setim stej bilong moden pinbol masin boom.
Wanpela namba tu bikpela senis i bin kamap bihain long Wol Woa 2, taim ol flepa bilong ol pilaia-} i bin kamap. Ol "Humpty Dumpty" bilong Gottlieb long 1947 i bin putim ol 'electromechanical flippers', na senisim gem plei long bikpela sans i go long wanpela gutpela ekspiriens - narapela step long evolusen bilong pinbol.
Tede dispela masin bilong pinbol em i wanpela haibrid stori: ol as bilong Frans (bagatelle) → 19th-}senturi mekanik inovesen (Redgrave) → 20th-senturi US eleksen na flipa taim. So askim "wanem kantri i bin kamapim pinbol?" i dipen long mining: tingting we oli statem long Franis, be fasin blong salem ol samting blong tedei, ol inventa mo ol man we oli wokem ol samting long Briten mo Yunaeted Stet oli sepem.
Bottom line: kredit Frans long namba wan gem, na kredit Montague Redgrave wantaim ol arcade meka bilong Amerika long tanim em i kamap pinbol mipela i luksave long en tude.
