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
Bowls for water globes, must be very large, and the wheels on them of
a decagon form, on each side of which nail a piece of wood four inches
long, and on the outside of each piece cut a groove, wide enough to
receive about one fourth of the thickness of a four ounce case; these
pieces of wood must be nailed, in the middle of each face of the
wheel, and fixed in an oblique direction, so that the fire from the
cases may incline upwards; the wheel being thus prepared, tie in each
groove a four ounce case, fill’d with a grey charge, then carry a
leader from the tail of one case to the mouth of the other.
Globes for these wheels, are made of two tin hoops, with their edges
outwards, fixed one within the other, at right angles. The diameter of
these hoops must be somewhat less than that of the wheel. Having made
a globe, drive in the center of a wheel, an iron spindle, which must
stand perpendicular, and its length, four or six inches more than the
diameter of the globe.
This spindle serves for an axis, on which the globe is fixed, which,
when done, must stand four or six inches from the wheel; round one
side of each hoop, must be soldered, little bits of tin, two inches
and a half distance from each other, which pieces must be two inches
in length each, and only fastened at one end, the other ends being
left loose, to turn round the small port fires and hold them on: these
port fires must be made of such a length, as will last out the cases
on the wheel. You are to observe that there need not be any port
fires, at the bottom of the globe within four inches of the spindle,
for if there were, they would have no effect, but only burn the wheel;
all the port fires, must be placed perpendicular from the center of
the globe, with their mouths outwards; and must all be cloathed with
leaders, so as all to take fire with the second case of the wheel;
which cases must burn two at a time, one opposite the other. When two
cases of a wheel begin together, two will end together; therefore the
two opposite end cases, must have their ends pinched and secured from
fire. The method of firing wheels of this sort, is, by carrying a
leader from the mouth, of one of the first cases, to that of the
other, which leader being burnt through the middle, will give fire to
both at the same time.
Of Odoriferous Water Ballóóns.
These sort of Ballóóns, are made in the same manner, as air Ballóóns,
but very thin of paper, and in diameter one inch and three quarters,
with a vent of half an inch diameter. The shells being made, and quite
dry, fill them with any of the following compositions, which must be
rammed in tight: these sort of Ballóóns, must be fired at the vent,
and put into a bowl of water. Odoriferous works, are generally fired
in rooms.
Composition I.
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