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15 August 2013
Updated at 20:22 ET

The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor

Picture believed to be of William Cantelo

A photograph passed down through Cantelo's family and believed to be of him

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23709471




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