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

by G. W. Mortimer

2. Antimony one ounce six drams, sulphur one ounce, salt-petre four ounces.

26. A Dead Fire for Wheels.

Salt-petre one ounce and a-half, sulphur a quarter of an ounce, antimony two drams, lapis calaminaris a quarter of an ounce.

27. For Standing or Fixed Cases.

1. Mealed-powder two pounds, salt-petre one pound, sulphur half-a-pound, charcoal half-a-pound.

2. Mealed-powder one pound, salt-petre half-a-pound, steel-dust four ounces.

3. Mealed-powder ten ounces, charcoal two ounces.

4. Mealed-powder half-a-pound, sulphur two ounces.

5. Mealed-powder one pound and-a-half, saw-dust three-quarters of an ounce, charcoal two ounces and a-half.

28. For Sun Cases.