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

by G. W. Mortimer

1. Mealed-powder two pounds two ounces, salt-petre five ounces, sulphur one ounce, steel-dust twelve ounces.

2. Mealed-powder one pound and a-half, salt-petre three ounces, steel-dust three ounces and three-quarters.

29. For Spiral Wheels.

Mealed-powder fourteen ounces, salt-petre one pound and a-half, sulphur six ounces, glass-dust fourteen ounces.

30. Globes.

Salt-petre six ounces, sulphur two pounds, camphor two ounces, antimony four ounces.

31. Serpents for Pots des Brins.

Mealed-powder ten ounces, salt-petre six ounces, charcoal one ounce and a-half.

32. Fires of Different Colours.