Mercury fulminate, 67 Mestre, 158 Metz, 162 Meyer, Captain Moritz, 145, 159 Mica, 146 Military coloured smokes, 172 „ Encyclopedia, 107 „ fêtes, 1852, 43 Mine, 110 „ of serpents, 110 „ on wheel, 133 Miners’ squib, 179 Mixing, 73 Mortars, 4, 16, 87, 103, 104, 105, 106, 110 Mortram, 33, 38, 61, 77 Mosaiques, 127 Moscow, 45 Mould for rocket charging, 94 Mulberry Gardens, 35 Munitions, 76 Naphtha, 6 Napoleon, 42 „ Louis, 42 „ Marriage of, 42 Newhaven accident, Conn., U.S.A., 83 New Wells, 35 Nile, Battle of the, 40, 49 Nipple, 98 Nitrate of baryta, 145 „ copper, 145 „ potash, 138 „ strontia, 146 Nitre, 7, 138 Nomenclature of rockets, 94, 95 North Woolwich Gardens, 37 Nunhead experiments, 68 „ factory, 47, 68 Nuremburg, 23 Oil of Benedict, 140 „ petre, 140 „ spike, 140 „ tile, 140 “Old Bull and Bush,” 53 Opening charge, 97 Opus Majus, 14 Orange, Prince of, 27 Order in Council, 69, 74, 78 Orleans, 42, 158 Orpiment, 11, 139, 140 “Out,” 11 Oxide of iron, magnetic, 141 „ mineral, 146 Oxymuriate of potash, 144 Paduans, 158 Palm tree, 127 Paper cone, 108 Paris, 20, 21, 28, 42 „ accident, 83 „ Exhibition, Visit of Queen Victoria, 43 Park, Green, 28, 40, 41, 43, 112 „ Hyde, 40, 41, 43 „ St. James’s, 30, 41 „ Victoria, 43 Parkes, Samuel, 144 Parlby’s rockets, 161 Paste, 106 Pasting in, 129 Pataka, 10 Patent Office Abridgements, 165 Pates d’oie, 127 Peace, 1783, 28 „ 1802, 39 „ 1814, 40 „ Crimean War, 43 „ display, Hyde Park, 56 Pedro, Don, 41 Pegging, 129 Pepys, 27, 92 Percussion caps, 67 Perkins, Jacob, 165 Persia, Shah of, 53 Petard, 92, 112 Petre, Bengal, 136 „ German, 136 „ Oil of, 140 Petroleum, 106 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 55 Philippe, Don, of Spain, 21 Philosophical fireworks, 37 Philostratus, 6 Phosphide of calcium, 153 Pian-King Lo Yang, 7 Pickford, Mary, 50 Picrate of potash, 96 Piece, Mechanical, 53 „ Carpet, 127 „ Transformation set, 50 Pieces, Classification of, 126 „ Set, 47, 112 Piercing, 129 Pilot signal, 175 Pin wheel, 118 Pipes, Match, 125 Pitch, 140, 156 Place Royal, 20 Pleasure gardens, 31, 32 Pleissenburg, 23 Ploughing by explosives, 179 Poison gas, 156 „ smoke, Rat, 178 Pompeii, Destruction of, 50 Pont-Andemer, 158 Port Arthur, 49 Portfire, 105, 106, 119 Portsmouth fleet display, 45 Portugal, King of, 55 Postdown Fair, 32 Pot, Flower, 97, 98, 99 Potash, Chlorate of, 10, 74, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87 Pots à feu, 111 „ d’aigrettes, 111 „ de brins, 111 Powder, 97, 99, 103, 106, 114, 140 Practicus, 149 Pretender, Old, 27 Priming powder, 106 „ wet, 119 Primrose Hill, 43 Projectile, 5