Artificial fire-works : $b improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches — John Shaqi
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
For Wheel Cases, from two Ounces to four Pound.
I. Meal powder two pound, saltpetre four ounces, and iron filings
seven ounces.
II. Meal powder two pound, saltpetre twelve ounces, sulphur four, and
steel dust three ounces.
III. Meal powder four pound, saltpetre one pound, brimstone eight
ounces, and charcoal four ounces and a half.
IV. Meal powder eight ounces, saltpetre four, saw dust one ounce and a
half, and sea coal three quarters of an ounce.
V. Meal powder one pound four ounces, brimstone four ounces ten drams,
saltpetre eight ounces, glass dust two ounces and a half.
VI. Meal powder twelve ounces, charcoal one ounce, saw dust half an
ounce.
VII. Saltpetre one pound nine ounces, brimstone four ounces, and
charcoal four ounces and a half.
VIII. Meal powder two pound, saltpetre one pound, brimstone half a
pound, and sea coal two ounces.
IX. Saltpetre two pound, brimstone one pound, meal powder four pound,
and glass dust four ounces.
X. Meal powder one pound, saltpetre two ounces, and steel dust three
ounces and a half.
XI. Meal powder two pound, and steel dust two ounces and a half, with
two ounces and a half of the fine dust of beat iron.
XII. Saltpetre eleven pound thirteen ounces, brimstone eight ounces,
and charcoal six ounces.
A slow Fire for Wheels.
I. Saltpetre four ounces, brimstone two ounces, and meal powder one
ounce and a half.
II. Saltpetre four ounces, brimstone one ounce, and antimony one ounce
six drams.
III. Saltpetre four ounces and a half, brimstone one ounce, and mealed
powder one ounce and a half.
A dead Fire for Wheels.
Saltpetre one ounce and a quarter, brimstone a quarter of an ounce,
lapis-calaminaris a quarter of an ounce, and antimony two drams.
For standing or fixed Cases.
I. Meal powder four pound, saltpetre two pound, brimstone and charcoal
one pound.
II. Meal powder two pound, saltpetre one pound, and steel dust eight
ounces.
III. Meal powder one pound four ounces, and charcoal four ounces.
IV. Meal powder one pound, and steel dust four ounces.
V. Meal powder two pound and a half, brimstone four ounces, and
seacoal six ounces.
VI. Meal powder three pound, charcoal five ounces, and saw dust one
ounce and a half.
For Sun Cases.
I. Meal powder eight pound and a half, saltpetre one pound two ounces,
steel dust two pound ten ounces and a half, and brimstone four ounces.
II. Meal powder three pound, saltpetre six ounces, and steel dust
seven ounces and a half.
For a Brilliant Fire.
Meal powder twelve pound, saltpetre one pound, brimstone four ounces,
and steel dust one pound and a half.
For Gerbes.
Meal powder six pound, and beat iron two pound one ounce and a half.
Chinese Fire.
Saltpetre twelve ouces, meal powder two pound, brimstone one pound two
ounces, and beat iron twelve ounces.
Charges for Tourbillons.
For four ounce Tourbillons.
Meal powder two pound four ounces, and charcoal four ounces and a
half.
For eight ounce Tourbillons.
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