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pistolgraph|ˈpɪstəlgrɑːf, -æ-|
Also piˈstolograph.
[f. pistol n., after photograph. (Cf. snap-shot.)]
Name of an apparatus for obtaining instantaneous photographs or a photograph so obtained. Also attrib. in fig. sense. So ˈpistolgram, an instantaneous photograph; pistoˈlography, instantaneous photography.
1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. Div. II. xiv. 61 Skaife, 47 Baker Street, W.—Pistolgraph, with a selection of its productions called pistolgrams. 1866Morn. Star 2 Jan., The pistolograph. This beautiful invention is now to be seen..at..118, Pall Mall. The pistolgram is a picture in glass, obtained in the first instance, by an instantaneous flash of light, and subsequently made permanent by fire. Ibid., The most interesting feature in pistolography is its alliance with the magnesium light. Ibid., It is for this class of portrait the pistolograph is chiefly intended. 1887Gladstone in 19th Cent. Jan. 1 The instantaneous, or ‘pistol-graph’, criticisms demanded by the necessities of the daily press. 1901Daily Chron. 27 Nov. 7/3 It has pictures of Nebraska and statistics—pistolgraph statistics. |