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G. W. Mortimer. A Manual of Pyrotechny; or, A Familiar System of Recreative Fire-works
A Manual of Pyrotechny; or, A Familiar System of Recreative Fire-works
Table of Contents
Introduction
SECTION I. Of Gunpowder
SECTION II. Materials
Nitre
Sulphur
To purify Sulphur
Charcoal
Steel-dust
To prepare Iron-sand
Second method
Oil of Camphor
Benzoin
SECTION III. Apparatus
Grinding Machines
Another method
Method of Mixing the Ingredients
SECTION IV. Division of Fire-Works
Touch-Paper
To make Touch-Paper
Quick-match
Composition for the match
Port Fires
Composition for Port Fires
Port Fires for Illuminations
Leaders, or pipes of communication
Application of Leaders
SECTION V. Of Single Fire-Works
Serpents
Crackers
Pin wheels
Stars
Strung Stars
Tailed Stars
Driven Stars
Rolled Stars
Sparks
Another method
Marroons
Construction
Saucissons
Batteries of Marroons &c
Gerbes
Small Gerbes
Roman Candles
Chinese Fire
Composition for Chinese Fire
SECTION VI. Rockets
Sky Rockets
Dimensions of Rockets
Calibre and Weight of Rockets
Calibre of Moulds
Remarks on the foregoing Tables
Preparing the Cartridges
Filling and ramming the cases
Directions for filling and ramming
Preparing and fixing the pots to the head of Rockets
Table for the Length and Proportion of Rods
Tables of Composition for Rockets
To cause a Rocket to ascend in a spiral form
Towering Rockets
Honorary Rockets
Caduceus Rockets
Signal Rockets
Table Rockets
Scrolls for Rockets
Courantines, or Line Rockets
Revolving Courantines
To represent by Rockets various forms in the air
To cause a Rocket to form an arc in rising
To fire Rockets without Rods
Theory of the flight of Rockets
SECTION VII. TABLES OF VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS
SECTION VIII. Compound Fire-Works
Girandole chests of Serpents
Girandole chests of Rockets
Pots des Brins
Jets of Fire
Chinese Fountain
Pyramid of Flower Pots
Wheels
A single Horizontal
Plural Wheels
Spiral Wheels
Illuminated Spiral Wheels
Balloon Wheels
Ground Wheels
Horizontal changed to a Vertical Wheel
Vertical Scroll Wheel
Remarks on Wheels
To represent the Fir Tree
Yew Tree of Brilliant Fire
Fixed Fire Globes
Globes which leap or roll on the ground
Moon and seven Stars
Suns fixed and moveable
Composition for representing Animals
Aquatic Fire-Works
To make a Fire-Fountain for the water
Conclusion
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