BradFenichel
TPF Noob!
Here's an off-the-wall question.
I recently picked up some vintage/antique camera equipment and accessories at an estate sale. One of the items in the lot was a small bottle of what appeared to be shiny lead BBs -- the kind you load in a child's BB gun. But on closer inspection they are not metal at all. You can easily crush the "BB" with a pair of pliers, and the inside consists of a brittle white substance that crushes to powder.
Since this was in with all the antique camera accessories, I'm wondering whether it might be a form of flash powder that was used back-in-the day.
I'm very curious about this. Does anyone know whether flash powder was sold in "pill" form, with a shiny outside, resembling BBs?
Thanks!
Brad
I recently picked up some vintage/antique camera equipment and accessories at an estate sale. One of the items in the lot was a small bottle of what appeared to be shiny lead BBs -- the kind you load in a child's BB gun. But on closer inspection they are not metal at all. You can easily crush the "BB" with a pair of pliers, and the inside consists of a brittle white substance that crushes to powder.
Since this was in with all the antique camera accessories, I'm wondering whether it might be a form of flash powder that was used back-in-the day.
I'm very curious about this. Does anyone know whether flash powder was sold in "pill" form, with a shiny outside, resembling BBs?
Thanks!
Brad