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
SECT. V.
_Of Aquatick Fireworks._ 157
_Of Water Rockets._ ibid.
_To make Pipes of Communication, which may be used
under Water._ 159
_Of Horizontal Wheels for the Water._ ibid.
_Of Mines for the Water._ 161
_Of Fire Globes for the Water._ 162
_Of odoriferous Water Ballóóns._ 164
_Of Water Ballóóns._ 166
_Of Water Squibs._ 167
_To represent a Sea-fight with small Ships, and to
prepare a Fire-ship for the same._ 168
_To fire Sky-rockets under Water._ 172
_To represent Neptune in his Chariot._ 173
_To represent Swans and Ducks in the Water._ 175
_Of Fire-fountains for the Water._ 177
SECT. VI.
_To make Crackers._ 179
_Of single Reports._ 180
_Of Marrons._ 181
_Of Marron Batteries._ 183
_Of Line Rockets._ ibid.
_Of the different Decorations for Line Rockets._ 185
_Of Chinese Flyers._ 186
_Of Table Rockets._ 188
_To make Wheels and other Works incombustible._ 189
_Of single Vertical Wheels._ 190
_Of Horizontal Wheels._ 192
_Of Spirali Wheels._ 193
_Of Plural Wheels._ 194
_Of the illuminated Spiral Wheel._ 195
_Of the double Spiral Wheel._ 196
_Of Ballóón Wheels._ 197
_Of Fruiloni Wheels._ 198
_Of Port-fires for Illuminations._ 200
_Of common Port-fires._ ibid.
_Of Cascades of Fire._ 201
_Of the Fire Tree._ 202
_Of Chinese Fountains._ 203
_Of illuminated Globes with Horizontal Wheels._ 205
_Of the Dodecaedron._ 207
_Of the Yew Tree of Brilliant Fire._ 209
_Of Stars with Points for regulated Pieces, &c._ 210
_Of the fixed Sun with a Transparent Face._ 211
_Of three Vertical Wheels illuminated, which turn on
their Naves upon a Horizontal Table._ 214
_Of the illuminated Chandelier._ 216
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