Artificial fire-works : $b improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branchesJones, Robert
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Artificial fire-works : $b improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches
Jones, Robert
Fireworks -- Early works to 1800
This piece is represented by Fig. 7th, and is thus made; have a block
made eight inches diameter, in this block screw six iron spokes, which
must serve for spindles for the spiral wheels, these wheels are made
as usual, each one foot six inches diameter and three foot in height;
the spindles must be long enough to keep the wheels four or five
inches from one another; at the end of each spindle must be a screw
nut, on which the wheels that hang downwards will run, and on the
spindles which stand upwards must be a shoulder, for the blocks of the
wheels to run on.
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The projected star wheel, must turn on the same spindle on which the
large block is fixed, this spindle must be long enough to allow the
star wheel to project a little before the spiral wheels; the exterior
diameter of the star wheel, must be three feet five inches, on this
wheel fix three circles of iron wire, and on them port-fires; on the
block place a transparent star, or a large five pointed brilliant
star, the cases on this wheel may burn four at once, as it will
contain near twice the number of one of the spiral wheels; the cases
on the spiral wheels, must be placed parallel to their fells, and burn
two at a time.
A New Figure Piece Illuminated with Five Pointed Stars.
The construction of this piece is very easy, as shewn by figure 8,
whose diameter from B to C, is eight feet, and from D to E, two feet,
the vertical wheel in the center, must be one foot diameter, and
consist of six four ounce cases of different coloured charge, which
cases must burn double; on the frames of this piece, six five pointed
brilliant or blue stars, rammed four inches with composition, let the
space between each star be eight inches; at each point of this piece,
fix a gerbe or case of chinese fire; when this piece is to be fired
let the gerbes, stars, and wheel be lighted at the same time.
The Star Wheel Illuminated.
This beautiful new invented piece, is shewn in Plate 8, fig. 9, its
exterior fell is made of wood, three feet six inches or four feet
diameter, within this fell, form with iron wire, three circles, one
less than the other, so that the diameter of the least may be about
ten inches; place the port-fires on these fells, with their mouths
inclining outwards, and the port-fires on the points of the star, with
their mouths projecting in front; let the exterior fell be clothed
with four ounce cases of grey charge, these cases must burn four at a
time, and be lighted at the same time as the illuminations.
Pyramid of Flower-pots.
Fig. 10, represents this curious piece, which must be made thus; let
the distance from A to B, be six feet, and from one rail to the other
two; on the bottom rail, fix five paper mortars, each three inches and
a half diameter, these mortars load with serpents, crackers, stars,
&c.
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