A Manual of Pyrotechny; or, A Familiar System of Recreative Fire-works

by G. W. Mortimer

Gunpowder one pound one ounce, salt-petre four ounces, sulphur three and a-half ounces, charcoal one ounce.

8. Twelve to fourteen ounce Rockets:—

Gunpowder two pounds four ounces, salt-petre nine ounces, sulphur three ounces, charcoal five ounces, iron-filings three ounces.

9. One pound Rockets:—

Gunpowder one pound, charcoal three ounces, sulphur one ounce.

10. Two pound Rockets:—

Gunpowder one pound four ounces, salt-petre two ounces, charcoal three ounces, sulphur one ounce, iron-filings two ounces.

11. Three pound Rockets:—

Gunpowder four ounces, salt-petre one pound, sulphur eight and a-half ounces, charcoal two ounces.

12. Four pound Rockets:—