INDEX

Abdulla, [15]
Aberdeen Line, [174]
Abridgments, Patent Office, [165]
Absent-minded Beggar, [53]
Abusavanani, [11]
Accidents, [74], [77], [78], [79], [81], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87]
Acetate of copper, [145]
Adirvedis, [10]
Admiralty, [169]
Aerial maroons, [109]
Aeroplane signal lights, [172]
Aix, Island of, [160]
Aix-la-Chapelle, [28], [45], [123]
Albertus Magnus, [14], [91]
Alcohol, [130], [147]
Alexander the Great, [6]
Alexander II, [46]
Alexandra Palace, [38]
Alexandria, [48]
Alphonso, Duke, [15]
Alum, [146]
Aluminium, [150], [173]
Amber, [140], [146]
America, [161]
Ammonium chloride, [129], [142]
Angelo, Mr., [33]
Antimony, [139]
Antimony sulphide, [146]
Antoine de Lalaing, [15]
Antoni, [149]
Aqua ardens, [141]
„ vitæ, [125], [140]
Arabic gum, [150]
Arc de Triomphe, [50]
Arctic regions, [52]
Arsenal, Woolwich, [43]
Arsenic sulphide, [10], [146]
Arthur’s Seat, [45]
Artichauts, [118]
Artifices portatifs, [112]
Artillerists’ Manual, [149]
Artillery bomb, [105]
Astley, senior, [36], [37]
Avalanche, [50]
Augustin, Col., [160]
Austrian Government, [161]
„ Army, [161]
Babington, John, [26], [92], [96], [103], [110], [111], [121], [140]
Bacon, Roger, [14], [91]
Bagdad, [7]
Bags, [110]
Bailey, Bill, [53]
Balloon, Air, [103]
„ Fire, [60]
„ Gas, [103]
„ Coehorne, [107]
„ double and triple, [107]
Balloone, [104]
Balon, [105]
Bate, John, [17], [27], [91], [96], [103], [104], [112], [122], [123], [140], [141]
Baton à feu, [117]
Battle, Bantry Bay, [49]
„ Jutland, [49]
„ Nile, [40], [49]
„ Trafalgar, [48], [49]
„ Tsu-Shima, [49]
Beacon, signal, [157]
Beaconsfield, [51]
Beckman, Sir Martin, [27]
Bell, Sergeant, [177]
Bell’s Weekly Messenger, [63]
Belvue Gardens, [38]
Benedict, Oil of, [140]
Bengal lights, [120]
„ saltpetre, [120], [136]
Bergheri, Victory of, [22]
Berlin, [159]
Bermondsey Spa, [36]
Berthollet, [144]
Bird scarers, [178]
Bismuth, [146]
Black antimony, [139]
Black Jack, [97]
Blackmore, [33]
Blaney, Lord, [42]
Blantyre, Africa, [55]
Blondin, [52]
Blowing charge, [114]
Blue devil, [97]
Blue vitriol, [129]
Bobb’s Hall Tavern, [36]
Boiled oil, [140]
Boleyn, Anne, [16]
Bomb, Artillery, [105]
„ Firework, [105]
„ Rocket, [159]
„ Thermit, [172]
„ War, [105]
Bombardment, Alexandria, [48]
„ Canton, [49]
„ Sebastopol, [49]
Bombay, [39], [55]
Bombshell, [15], [103]
Bone ash, [146]
Bonfire, [24], [58]
Bordeaux, [158]
Borings, Iron, [98]
Boulogne Harbour, [159]
Bounced lances, [128]
Bounces, [97], [99]
Bouquets, [127]
Bourne, William, [162]
Bow, [161]
Boxer, R.A., Lt.-Col., [67], [177]
Boxing kangaroo, [52]
Boxing match, [51]
Boyers, Captain, [160]
Brand, Peter, [15]
Bridge of Louis XVI, [42]
Bright composition, [120]
Brilliant fire, [133], [138]
Brittany, Duke of, [21]
Brock, [34], [36]
„ Arthur, [48], [78]
„ Charles Thomas, [46], [54], [68]
„ C. T., & Co., [166], [178]
„ F. A., Wing Comdr., [166]
„ William, [33], [37], [46], [63], [115]
Brooklyn Bridge, [55]
Burglar alarm, [178]
Burgundy, Duke of, [21]
Burnham, J. L., & Co., [175]
Bursting Charge, [108]
Burusu, [11]
Burying mortars, [87]
Cadiz, [160]
Caillot, [33], [35]
Calaminaris, Lapis, [141]
Calcium phosphide, [153]
Calcutta, [55]
Calcutta Journal, [161]
Callao, [160]
Calomel, [143]
Camphor, [140], [146]
Canton, Bombardment of, [49]
Cap, Rocket, [96]
Caprice, [132], [133]
Caps, Percussion, [67]
Carbonate of soda, [146]
Carcasses, [156]
Carpet piece, [127]
Cascades, [30], [126]
Cases, [71];
Wood, [105];
Turning, [126];
Bamboo, [4];
Rocket, [93];
Cap for, [125];
Iron, [159]
Cast iron, pulverised, [141]
Cat fight, [52]
Cathedral, Salisbury, [50]
„ Worcester, [50]
Catherine wheel, [118], [119]
Cenotaph, [30]
Cetewayo, King, [50]
Chaillot Barriere, [42]
Challoner, Sir Thomas, [18]
Chambers’ Encyclopædia, [156]
Champs Elysées, [42]
Chandelle romain, [113]
Chandrajota, [11]
Charcoal, [3], [7], [11], [14], [95], [96], [98], [99], [100], [114], [115], [116], [118], [119], [138]
Charging, [71]
Charging tools for rocket, [92]
Charles II, Coronation, [27]
Charles XI of Sweden, [24]
Chateau Grand display, [21]
Cherbourg, [43]
Chertier, F. M., [146], [149], [150]
Chesapeake and Shannon, [49]
Chester accident, Pen., U.S.A., [83]
„ Races, [17]
Chiesa stick, [179]
Chinese crackers, [8], [10]
„ displays, [89], [99]
„ fire, [4], [8], [11], [98]
„ flyer, [116]
„ tree, [97], [98]
Chlorate accidents, [74], [85], [86]
Chlorates and sulphur, [145]
Chlorate of potash, [10], [74], [77], [84], [85], [86], [87], [144], [146]
Chloride of ammonium, [142]
Choke of a case, [94]
Chromatrope, [131]
Cinnabar, [146]
Civil and military pyrotechny, [57]
Civita Vecchia accident, [83]
Clanfield, [34], [35]
Clariner of Nuremberg, [20]
Clarke, W., [37]
Classification of pieces, [126]
Claudius, [13]
Clayed, [110]
Clay choke, [94]
Cleats, [125]
Clifton Zoological Gardens, [38]
Clithero, [33], [34], [35], [36], [61]
Clubs, [112]
„ Fire, [17]
Coal (mineral), [146]
Coastguard, [176]
Cobalt oxide, [146]
Cobonell & Sons, [37]
Cochrane, Admiral, [160]
Cockerill, [65]
Coehorn Balloon, [107]
Collins, Lottie, [53]
Colombo, [55]
“Colossus,” torpedo boat attack, [49]
Coloured military smoke, [172]
„ stars, [11], [113]
Colour case, [119]
„ cloud shells, [8]
Colquhoun, Lt., [178]
Columbus Centenary, [55]
Comet, [108]
Competition, Firework, [46]
Composition, Bright, [120];
Flare, [11];
Golden Fountain, [110];
for Rockets, [93], [95]
„ Incendiary, [156];
magnesium flash, [17]
„ Slow, [103]
Compositions, Pyrotechnic, [138]
Compound fireworks, [121]
Cone, Paper, [108]
Cones, [28]
Congreve, [41]
Congreve, Sir W., [158], [159], [160], [161], [162]
Constantinople, Defence of, [7]
Copenhagen, [160]
Copper, [142], [143]
„ acetate, [129], [142]
„ sulphate, [129], [142], [146]
Coronation of Alexander II, [46]
„ George IV, [41]
„ Victoria, [41]
„ William IV, [41]
Coston light, [175]
Cotton, Madame, [66]
Cotton wick, [125]
Courantins, [123]
Court, [162]
Covent Garden, [28]
Crackers, [13], [14], [58], [91], [92], [110], [112]
Cremorne Gardens, [37], [38]
Crimean War, Peace Rejoicings, [43]
Cromwell Gardens, [36]
Crude antimony, [139]
Crundall, Mr. F., [174]
Crusaders, [15]
Crystal Palace displays, [38], [46], [68], [108], [119], [128]
Cullen, Peter van, [15]
Cunard Line, [176]
Cylindrical shell, [105]
Dallas accident, [83]
Dantzic, [160]
Danube, [55]
Darby, [66]
Dark fire, [114]
Dauphin 1730, [21]
„ 1782, [22]
Delhi, Mosque at, [50]
“De Miribilibus Mundi,” [14]
Denisse, [149]
Denmark, [157]
„ King of, [18]
Dennett, Mr., [176]
D’Ernst, [41]
Devil, Blue, [97]
Diamond Jubilee, [55]
“Dictionnaire Morbilier Français,” [154]
Dijon, [20]
Dillar, [37]
Display, Calcutta, [55]
„ Chinese, [21], [89], [99]
„ Crystal Palace, [38], [46], [68], [108], [119], [128]
Display, Delhi, [55]
„ fireworks, [84]
„ Guards, [35]
„ Portsmouth Fleet, [45]
Distress signal, [175]
Don Pedro, [14]
Double and triple balloons, [107]
„ line-rockets, [123]
„ tourbillions, [117]
„ triangle wheel, [131]
Dover, Attack on, [46]
Dragon, [16]
Drain tester, [178]
Dreadnought, [49]
Drewett, [65]
Drift, [72], [94]
Dubbing, [119]
Duffel, [38]
Dunnet, Sergeant, [160]
Dunois, [158]
Dutens, [14]
“E” Smoke Float, [168]
Eagle, The, [37]
Edinburgh, [45]
Edward, Prince of Wales, [55]
Eider, Wreck of the, [50]
Elizabeth, Princess, [30]
„ Queen, [18]
Elvetham, [18]
Emperor, 1853, Fête of the, [43]
Emperor’s birthday, 1859, [43]
Empress of India, [55]
Encyclopedia, English, [113]
„ Military, [107]
Entente Cordiale, [43], [55]
Erith explosion, [67], [68]
Eruption of Mt. Etna, [34]
Eton, [56]
Etoupille, [125]
Evelyn, John, [19], [28]
“Everyday Book,” Hone’s, [56], [59]
Experiments at Nunhead, [68]
Explosives Acts, [68], [69]
„ magazine, [67]
„ ploughing, [178]
Factory rules, [69]
Fair, Postdown, [32]
Fairbanks, Douglas, [50]
Falcon Court firework maker, [59]
Falling rocket sticks, [87]
Feather, [119]
Ferrara, Duke of, [15]
Festivals, religious, [11]
Fête, Imperial, [55]
„ of the Emperor, 1853, [43]
Fêtes, Baptismal, 1856, [43]
„ Military, 1852, [43]
Feux croises, [127]
Filings, Steel, [141]
Filling, [71]
Finch’s Grotto Gardens, [36]
Fine-grain powder, [99], [114]
Fire, [4]
„ balloons, [60]
„ brilliant, [133], [138]
„ Chinese, [4], [8], [11], [98]
„ clubs, [17]
„ Drake, [92]
„ Greek, [6], [7], [14], [15], [16], [153], [154], [156]
„ lances, [112]
„ pumps, [112], [113];
wheels, [122]
„ spur, [139]
„ torches, [26]
„ wild, [16]
Fireball, [156]
Fires, [43]
Firework, [16], [17]
„ accidents, [74], [77], [78], [79], [81], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87]
„ bomb, [105]
„ competition, [46]
„ license, [67]
„ manufacture, [57]
Fireworks, Aerial, [7]
„ compound, [121]
„ daylight, [8]
„ display, [84]
„ illegal, [57]
„ living, [51]
„ on water, [24], [28], [39]
„ philosophical, [37]
„ Swedish, [23]
„ water, [101]
Fishing signals, [176]
Fitzmaurice, [162]
Five-pointed star, [99]
Fixed sun, [29], [122], [123]
Fixt, [98]
Fizgigs, [97], [106], [110], [111]
Flannel bag, [108]
Flash composition, [178]
Fleet at the Nore, [39]
Flessingen, [160]
Flights of rockets, [44]
Flint, [4]
Florence, [19]
Flower pot, [97], [98], [99]
Fog signal, [177]
Fountains, [41], [97], [98], [115]
Four and a half inch shell, [107], [108]
“Fourth of June,” [56]
Frame of quickmatch, [67], [125]
Frames, lancework, [129]
Frazer, Sir Augustus, [41]
Frederick (Elector Palatine), Prince, [24]
Frey, Oscar, [149]
Frézier, [20], [95], [111], [112], [114], [117], [122], [123], [140], [161]
Fulminate of mercury, [67]
Funnel and wire, [71]
Furiloni, [133]
Fuse, lighter, [178]
„ Roman candle, [114]
„ safety, [124]
„ time, [104], [105], [108], [109]
Fusée de table, [118]
Gand, [158]
Garden, Covent, [28]
Garden of the Senate, [42]
Gardens, Belvue, [38]
„ Bermondsey Spa, [36]
„ Clifton Zoo, [38]
„ Cremorne, [37], [38]
„ Cromwell, [36]
„ Finch’s Grotto, [36]
„ Marylebone, [34]
„ Mermaid, [37]
„ Mulberry, [35]
„ North Woolwich, [37]
„ Rosherville, [37]
„ Surrey Zoo, [38], [43], [45]
„ Tea and Pleasure, [30], [31], [32]
„ Yorkshire Stingo, [37]
Garnier, [161]
Garniture, [11], [87], [96]
Gas balloon, [103]
„ poison, [156]
Genovini, Signor, [36]
George III, [39], [56]
George IV, Coronation of, [41]
Gerb, [41], [44], [97], [98], [99], [127], [134], [139]
German Petre, [136]
Gibraltar, Siege of, [48]
Girande, [123]
Girandole, [122], [134]
Gironels, [122]
Globe, The, [37]
Glogau, [160]
Glorys, [127]
God Save the Queen, [44]
Gola, [10]
Golden fountain composition, [110]
„ rain, [97], [99]
„ streamers, [44]
“Good-bye, Dolly Grey,” [53]
“Good-bye, my Bluebell,” [53]
Goodship, Mr., [61]
Graecus, Marcus, [13], [91]
Grain powder, [99], [103], [106], [114]
Granules, [115]
Greek fire, [6], [7], [14], [15], [16], [153], [154], [156]
Green man, [17]
„ Park, The, [28], [40], [41], [43], [112]
„ Orlando Furioso, [91]
Gregorini, Signor, [54]
Gregory, Bill, [54]
Grenade, [156]
„ signal, Rifle, [172]
Grey, Captain, [172]
Griffiths, F. A., [149]
Ground light balls, [157]
„ rockets, [97]
„ wheels, [121]
Guards display, [45]
Guilloché, [21], [132]
Gun-cotton wad, [96]
Gunpowder, [3], [5], [6], [13], [14], [15], [75], [96], [98], [103], [140]
„ Acts, [58], [67]
„ Mealed, [96], [99], [100], [106], [116], [118], [119]
Guttman, Oscar, [153]
Gyngell, [38]
Hague, The, [28]
Hail dispersers, [179]
Hale, [161]
Hale’s Light apparatus, [178]
„ 24-pounder rocket, [161]
Hammerslag, [141]
Hand lights signal, [175]
Hanselet, [158]
Harold Wood Factory, [75]
Hawai, [11]
Heading, [94]
„ clay, [96]
Heath, Mr., of Boston, [161]
Hengler, [33]
„ Madame, [62]
Henry II, [20]
Henry, M., [36]
Henry VIII, [15]
Hilton, [40]
Hime, Col. H. W. L., [153], [154]
Hindoo pyrotechnists, [10]
Hippert, Lieutenant, [145]
History of colleges, [27]
Home Office, [84]
Hone, William, [56], [59]
“Honeysuckle and the Bee,” [53]
Hoogstraten, Count of, [15]
Horizontal wheel, [121], [133]
Hornpipe, [52]
Hotel de Ville, Paris, [21], [22], [42]
House on fire, [52]
Howard, [40]
Hull, [37]
Hutstein and Websky, [149]
Hyde Park, [40], [41], [43], [56]
Hyder Ali, [159]
Hyperoxymuriate of potash, [144]
Ignium, Liber, [13], [14]
Illegal Fireworks, [57]
Illuminations, [28], [32], [39], [41]
Imperial Fête, Danube, [55]
“Implacable,” [49]
Incendiary, composition, [156]
„ rocket, [159], [160]
„ shell, [156]
„ thermalloy, [172]
India, [55], [159]
Insecticide fumigators, [178]
Inspector, H.M., [10]
Invalides, Les, [42]
Invetto, Mrs., [61]
Iron, [138]
„ borings, [98]
„ cast, pulverised, [141]
„ dust, [11]
„ filings, [8], [98], [141]
„ magnetic oxide, [141]
Iron oxide, mineral, [146]
„ pyrites, [4]
„ sand, [98]
„ scales, [140], [141]
Italian streamer, [113], [114]
Italians, [18], [21]
Ivory, [146]
Jack and the Beanstalk, [52]
Jack-in-the-box, [110]
Jaipur, [55]
Jamaica House, [36]
James I, [24]
James II, [27]
Jebb, Dr., [14]
Jenny’s Whim, [36]
Jesuit missionary, [98]
Jewel fountain, [115]
Johnson & Co., [174]
Johnson, Dr., [35]
Jones, Lieutenant, [31], [111], [112], [113], [117], [118], [133], [134], [139], [141]
Jubilee, [55]
„ 1809, [39]
„ Naval Review, [49]
Jumping cracker, [91]
Jutland, Battle of, [49]
Kenilworth, [18]
Kentish, Thomas, [118], [139], [149]
King’s birthday, 4th June, 1809, [39]
Kingston, Duchess of, [30]
Koroo, [10]
La Fere, [175]
Lamb, Charles, [40]
Lampblack, [99], [112], [139], [146]
„ compositions, [113]
Lance, [112], [119]
„ à feu, [112]
„ bounced, [128]
„ work, [128]
Lances, Fire, [112]
Lancework frames, [129]
Lanterns, [8], [9]
Lapis calaminaris, [141]
Lattice poles, [127]
Leading up, [125]
Leipsic, [160]
Leo VI, [13]
Leo XIII, [20]
Les Invalides, [42]
Liber Ignium, [13], [14]
Licenses for fireworks, [67]
Lifeboat Institution, [175]
Lifting charge, [104], [108], [109]
Light balls, [106]
„ ground, [157]
„ parachute, [157]
Lighter, [108]
Lights, Bengal, [120]
„ Coston, [175]
„ signal, [66]
„ signal, hand, [175]
„ Very signal, [164], [171], [172]
Li Hung Chang, [50]
Line-carrying rocket, [176]
Line rockets, [26], [50], [97]
Linseed oil, [140]
Living fireworks, [51]
Lloyd’s signal station, [175]
London, [28]
Longueman, [33]
“Lord Cobham’s Head,” [35]
Louis XIV, [20], [24]
Louis XV, [21]
Louis XVI, [22]
Louvre, [20]
Lushalan, Mr., [62]
Lutzelberg, Victory of, [22]
Lyceum, [37]
Lyons, [20], [21]
Machine for fireworks, [28], [34]
Macintosh, [162]
Madame la Première, [21]
Madras, [55]
Madura, [55]
Magazine fired, [83]
Magnesium, [150], [173]
„ flash composition, [178]
Mahteb, [11]
Majendie, K.C.B., Sir V. D., [68]
Making crackers, [92]
Malaga, [42]
Mallet, [72]
Manilla Bay, Battle of, [49]
Manley, Captain, [176]
Manufacture of fireworks, [57]
Maori King, [50]
Marcus Graecus, [13], [91]
Marinari, [34]
Maroon, Aerial, [109]
Maroons, [43]
Marryat, Captain, [32]
Marylebone Gardens, [34]
Match, [121], [122]
„ pipes, [125]
„ quick, [108], [124], [125]
„ raw, [125]
Mealed gunpowder, [96], [99], [100], [106], [116], [118], [119], [125], [138]
Mechanical pieces, [53]
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]
Propellant charge, [87]
Pumice Stone, [146]
Pump (Star), [72]
Pumps with stars, [28], [112], [113]
Puzzle pictures, [51]
Pyramids, [30]
Pyrotechnia, [26]
Pyrotechnic compositions, [138]
Pyrotechnists, Japanese, [7]
„ Hindoo, [10]
Quebec, Tercentenary of, [55]
Quickmatch, [108], [124], [125]
„ frame of, [67], [125]
Rain, Golden, [97], [99]
„ production, [179], [180]
Ranelagh, [33], [34], [35], [36]
Raw match, [125]
“Read’s Weekly Journal,” [157]
Recreative fireworks, [97]
Regulated pieces, [29], [123]
Regulus of antimony, [139]
Reports, [28]
“Revenge,” [49]
Rheims, [20]
Richard Cœur de Lion, [15]
Richmond, Duke of, [28], [29]
Rifle grenade signal, [172]
Riswick, [20], [28]
Rochelle, [20]
“Rocket” and express engine, [54]
Rocket cap, [96]
„ cases, [93]
„ charging, Mould for, [94]
„ „ tools, [92]
„ composition, [93], [95]
„ iron, [159]
„ line, [26], [50], [97]
„ spindle, [94]
„ stick, [11], [87], [96]
„ sticks, Falling, [87]
„ wheel, [122]
Rockets, [11], [12], [13], [14], [17], [24], [26], [28], [57], [61], [66], [91], [92], [96]
„ Congreve’s, [161]
„ ground, [97]
„ incendiary, [159], [160]
„ line-carrying, [176]
„ nomenclature of, [94], [95]
„ Parlby’s, [161]
„ signalling, [145], [175]
„ table, [117], [118]
„ war, [158], [159]
Rolling cases, [71]
Roman candle, [28], [41], [44], [111], [113], [114], [127], [133], [134]
„ „ fuse, [114]
„ „ signal, [175]
Rome, [19]
Rosherville Gardens, [37]
Rosin, [140]
Rossi, [33], [34]
Rotary rockets, [161], [162]
Royal Commission on Fireworks, [68]
„ Laboratory, Woolwich, [159]
Ruggieri, [21], [22], [42], [103], [108], [112], [113], [118], [123], [124], [126], [128], [129], [131], [132], [134], [142], [143], [161]
„ Gaetano, [28], [31], [112]
Rules for factory, [69]
Russia, [143]
Russian war rockets [162]
Safety Fuse, [124]
Salamander la Rosace, [21]
Salamandre, [132]
Sal ammoniac, [142]
Salisbury Cathedral, [50]
Salome, [52]
Saltpetre, [3], [7], [11], [14], [95], [96], [98], [100], [114], [115], [116], [118], [119], [138], [139], [156]
„ Bengal, [120]
Sand, iron, [98]
Saqui, Madame, [33]
Sarcophagus, [30]
Sarti, Gioseppe, [29], [31], [112], [122]
Saucissons volans, [106]
Saxon, [116], [117], [122]
„ wheels, [131]
Saxony, Prince of, [23]
Schumacher, [160]
Sea battle, [48]
Seasons, [51]
Sebastopol, bombardment, [49]
Second lighting, [124]
Seine, [22], [24]
Sel ammoniac, [129]
Serpent, [44]
Serpentine, [40]
Serpents, [57], [60], [97], [106]
Servandoni, Chevalier, [28]
Set piece, transformation, [50]
Set pieces, [47], [112]
Setting down, [94]
Seville, King of, [14]
Shah, [53]
Shakespeare, [16]
Shellac, [149]
Shell, incendiary, [156]
Shells, [4], [8], [11], [15], [28], [44], [103], [105], [108]
Siam, [11]
Siege of Pian-King Lo Yang, [7]
Siemienowitz, Casimir, [158]
Signal beacon, [157]
„ distress, [175]
„ fishing, [176]
„ fog, [177]
„ hand lights, [175]
„ lights, [66]
„ „ aeroplane, [173]
„ „ Very, [164], [172]
„ pilot, [175]
„ rifle grenade, [172]
„ rockets, [145], [175]
„ Roman candles, [172]
„ sound, [96], [177]
„ station, Lloyd’s, [175]
Sir John Oldcastle, [35]
Skimmer, [101]
Sky rockets, [28], [61], [96]
Slow composition, [103]
Small factory license, [69]
Smirk, [40]
Smoke at Crystal Palace, [169]
„ balls, [156], [157]
„ drain testers, [179]
„ float “E,” [168]
„ screen, [167]
Smokes, coloured military, [171]
Snake and butterfly, [132]
Sodium carbonate, [146]
„ sulphate, [146]
Soleil montant, [117]
Soleils tournants, [117]
Soleure, [21]
Song pieces, [53]
Sound signal, [96], [178]
Southby, [33], [38], [41], [43], [45], [57]
South Norwood Factory, [75]
Spain, [20]
„ King Consort, 1864, [43]
Spherical shell, [105]
Spike, Oil of, [140]
Spindle, Rocket, [94]
Spirali, [134]
Spithead, [28], [43], [49]
Spontaneous heating, [81]
Spur fire, [139]
Squibs, [57], [60], [97], [99], [110]
Squibs, miners’, [179]
St. Angelo, [19]
St. James’s Park, [30], [41]
„ Square, [28]
St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, [28]
“Star and Garter,” Chelsea, [36]
Starlights, [119]
Stars, [8], [72], [103], [110], [112], [116]
„ coloured, [11]
„ two-coloured, [172]
Statute of William III, [57]
Steam rocket, [165], [166]
Steel filings, [138], [141]
Sticking, [129]
Sticks, Falling rocket, [87]
Stink pot, [157]
Stockholm, [24]
Stodard, [40]
Stouple, [125]
Stratford, R.N. Experimental Station, [170]
Streamer, Golden, [44]
„ Italian, [113], [114]
Strontium nitrate, [146]
Strutt, [30]
Sully, Duc de, [20]
Sulphide of arsenic, [10], [139], [146]
Sulphur, [6], [14], [95], [98], [99], [100], [105], [114], [115], [118], [119], [138], [139], [140], [156]
„ chlorate mixtures, [74]
Sulphuret of antimony, [100], [139], [146]
Sun, [29], [121]
„ star, [44]
Surrey Zoological Gardens, [38], [43], [45]
Sutton Factory, [75]
Swarms, [28]
Swevels, [123]
Swiss military rockets, [162]
Sydenham, [47]
Table rockets, [117], [118]
Tagus display, [55]
Tailed stars, [113]
Taku forts, bombardment, [49]
Tampion, [113]
Tavern, “Lord Cobham’s Head,” [35]
„ “Sir John Oldcastle,” [35]
Temple of Flora, [36]
Tessier, Paul, [33], [36], [149]
Thames, [24], [27], [28], [29], [36]
Theatre de la Comedie Italienne, [124]
Theodosius, [13]
Theresa, [15]
Thermalloy, [173]
Thermit bombs, [173]
Throwdowns, [10]
Time fuse, [104], [108], [109]
Tinder, [3]
Tippoo Sahib, [159]
Toledo, King of, [15]
Tools, Rocket charging, [92]
Torches of fire, [26]
Torré, Morel, [21], [31], [34], [35]
Touch hole, [104]
Toulon, [162]
Tourbillion de feu, [117]
Tourbillions, [44], [116], [117], [118], [134]
Tourney display, [21]
Tourniquets, [117]
Tower Hill, [30]
Trafalgar, Battle of, [48], [49]
Transformation set piece, [50]
Treatise on war fireworks, [158]
Trees, [127]
Trengouse, Mr., [176]
Triangle wheel, [131]
Tsu-Shima Battle, [49]
Tubri, [10]
Tun dish, [72]
Tunis, King of, [14]
Turin, [162]
Turning cases, [97], [126]
Tyrrel, [43]
Ufano, Diego, [20]
United States, [175]
“Universal Magazine, The,” [99]
Vanochio, [18]
Vauxhall, [33]
Vengagvedi, [10]
Versailles, [20], [21], [24], [43], [132]
Vert de gris, [129]
Vertical wheels, [121], [131]
Very signal lights, [164], [171], [172]
Vesuvius, [50]
Victoria Park, [43]
„ Queen, Coronation of, [41]
„ „ Portrait of, [51]
„ „ Visit to Paris Exhibition, [43]
Vienna, [23]
“Village Blacksmith, The,” [52]
Volcano, [9]
Wadd, [103]
Walcheren Expedition, [160]
Wallis, Admiral Sir Provo, [49]
Walpole, [29], [30]
War inventions, [165]
„ rockets, [158], [159]
Warman, [34]
Warsaw, [162]
Warwick, Earl of, [18]
Water fireworks, [24], [28], [39], [101]
Waterloo, [160]
“Weekly Journal, Read’s,” [157]
Weinerisch-Neustadt, [161]
Wheel, block, [118]
„ brilliant, [30]
„ catherine, [118], [119]
„ double triangle, [131]
„ hundred-feet, [55]
„ pin, [118]
„ rocket, [122]
„ saxon, [131]
Wheels, [41], [121], [131]
„ fire, [122]
„ horizontal, [26], [121], [133]
„ revolving, [44]
„ triangle, [131]
„ vertical, [26], [121], [131]
Whistler, [96]
White Conduit House, [37]
White Star Line, [174]
Whitehall, [27], [28]
Wicks, Major, [172]
Wild fire, [16]
William IV, Coronation of, [41]
Windmills, [131]
Woolwich Arsenal, [43]
„ Royal Laboratory, [159]
Worcester Cathedral, [50]
Wordsworth, [40]
Yalu, Battle of the, [49]
Yellow orpiment smoke, [172]
Yorkshire Stingo Gardens, [37]
Ypres display, [21]
Yron scales, [96]
Zinc, [142], [146]
Zud-Amerika Lyn, [173]

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