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HISTORY In the summer of 1905 , Kansas was plagued by an overabundance of flies, which, as well as causing annoyance, aided in the spread of Disease . Dr. Samuel Crumbine , a member of the Kansas board of health, wanted to raise public awareness of the threat of flies. He was inspired by a chant at a Topeka Softball game: "swat the ball". In a health bulletin published soon afterward, he exhorted Kansans to "swat the fly". In response, a schoolteacher named Frank H. Rose invented the "fly bat", a device consisting of a Yardstick attached to a piece of screen. Crumbine rechristened the device a fly swatter. FLY GUNS The fly gun (or '''flygun'''), a derivative of the fly swatter, uses a spring-loaded plastic projectile to "swat" flies. Mounted on the projectile is a perforated circular disk which, according to advertising copy, "really does work" and "won't splat the fly". Similar products are sold elsewhere on the Internet , mostly as Toy s or Novelty items, although their supporters maintain that they work as well as traditional fly swatters. ELECTRIC FLY SWATTER The classical electric fly swatter looks like a yellow tennis raquet. It takes two AA batteries and produces a shock of static electricity which is harmless to humans and most animals, but kills flies. These devices work very well in practice, and allow swats to take place in the air as opposed to against a hard surface, which can be much cleaner. EXTERNAL LINKS
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