EXPERIMENTS WITH FIRE.
To produce a Carmine Red Flame.
The flame of spirit of wine may be coloured by the addition of various bodies which the spirit holds in solution, or which are mixed with it.
The flame of alcohol, or spirit of wine, is tinged red in the following manner: put into a small iron ladle, one part of muriate of strontia, and pour over it three or four of alcohol; then set it on fire with a candle, or a piece of burning paper; it will burn with a bright red carmine flame, especially if the mixture be heated, by holding the ladle over a candle or lamp, to cause the alcohol to boil rapidly.
The muriate of strontia left behind, after being again thoroughly dried, may be used again for the same purpose repeatedly.
An Orange-coloured Flame.
Put muriate of lime deprived of the water of crystallization, into an iron ladle, cover it with spirit of wine, and it will then burn in the manner stated.
To prepare the muriate of lime, dissolve common marble in muriatic acid, and evaporate the solution to perfect dryness.