The "Ideal" Flash Gun
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The "Ideal" Flash Gun was a real flashgun, made ca. 1890 by or for Burke & James in Chicago. It was gun-shaped, but the trigger was upon and not under it, and a shovel replaced the muzzle. Of course such a flash gun was in no way connected to a camera. The camera's shutter had to be opened first, then the trigger had to be pulled and released so that it stroke sparks out of a piece of amorce, sparks that ignited the load of explosive magnesium powder on the shovel. The bright light given by one