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Endless Amusement: A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works.Unknown

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Endless Amusement: A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works.

Name: Endless Amusement: A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science; Including Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, Arithmetic, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Chemistry, Hydrostatics, Optics; Wonders of the Air-Pump; All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c., &c. to Which is Added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; Or, the Art of Making Fire-works.
Author: Unknown

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Card tricks; Fireworks; Magic tricks; Science -- Experiments; Scientific recreations

lb. oz.
  Meal-powder       2   0
  Saltpetre         0   8
  Brimstone         0   4
  Charcoal          0   2
  Steel-filings     0   1-1/2

SKY-ROCKETS IN GENERAL.

                        lb.    oz.
  Saltpetre               4      0
  Brimstone               1-1/2  0
  Charcoal                1     12
  Meal-powder             0      2

LARGE SKY-ROCKETS.

                        lb.    oz.
  Saltpetre               4      0
  Meal-powder             1      0
  Brimstone               1      0

ROCKETS OF A MIDDLING SIZE.

                        lb.    oz.
  Meal-powder             1      0
  Charcoal                1      0
  Saltpetre               3      0
  Sulphur                 2      0


ROCKET STARS.

WHITE STARS.

                        lb.     oz.
  Meal-powder             0      4
  Saltpetre               0     12
  Sulphur vivum           0      6
  Oil of spike            0      2
  Camphor                 0      5

BLUE STARS.

                        lb.    oz.
  Meal-powder             0      8
  Saltpetre               0      4
  Sulphur                 0      2
  Spirits of wine         0      2
  Oil of Spike            0      2

VARIEGATED STARS.

                        lb.    oz.
  Meal-powder             0      3-1/2
  Saltpetre               0      4
  Sulphur vivum           0      2
  Camphor                 0      2

BRILLIANT STARS.

                        lb.    oz.
  Saltpetre               0      8-1/2
  Sulphur                 0      1-1/2
  Meal-powder             0      0-3/4

Worked up with spirits of wine only.

COMMON STARS.

                        lb.    oz.
  Saltpetre               1      0
  Brimstone               0      4
  Antimony                0      4-3/4
  Isinglass               0      0-1/2
  Camphor                 0      0-1/4
  Spirits of wine         0      0-1/4

TAILED STARS.

                              lb.    oz.
  Meal-powder                   0      2
  Brimstone                     0      2
  Saltpetre                     0      2
  Charcoal (coarsely ground)    0      0-3/4

STARS OF A FINE COLOUR.

                        lb.    oz.
  Sulphur                 0      1
  Meal-powder             0      1
  Saltpetre               0      1
  Camphor                 0      0-1/4
  Oil of turpentine       0      0-1/4


RAINS.

GOLD RAIN FOR SKY-ROCKETS.

                        lb.    oz.
  Saltpetre               0      8
  Brimstone               0      2
  Glass-dust              0      1
  Antimony                0      0-3/4
  Brass-dust              0      0-1/4
  Saw-dust                0      0-1/4

SILVER RAIN.

                        lb.    oz.
  Saltpetre               0      8
  Brimstone               0      2
  Charcoal                0      4
  Steel-dust              0      0-1/4

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