Compound balloons (Republican).
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal-powder, | 1 | 5 |
| Corn powder, | 1 | 6 |
| Powder for the mortar, | 3 | 12 |
Length of the fuse composition, one-inch; 1/2 ounce cases driven and bounced 2 diameters, 8; 2 oz. cases filled 3/8ths of an inch with star-composition, and bounced 2 diameters, 8; silver rain falls, ten; 2 oz. tailed stars, 16; rolled brilliant stars, 30. If this should not be sufficient to load the shell, it may be completed with gold rain falls.
Eight-inch balloons Illuminated.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal-powder, | 2 | 8 |
| Grain powder, | 1 | 4 |
| Powder for the mortar, | 9 |
Length of the fuse composition, one inch and 1/8th; 2 oz. drove stars, 48; 2 oz. cases, driven with star composition, 3/8ths of an inch, and bounced 3 diameters, 12; and the balloon completed with 2 oz. drove brilliant stars.
Eight-inch Balloons of Serpents.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal-powder, | 2 | 0 |
| Corn powder, | 2 | 0 |
| Powder for the mortar, | 9 | 8 |
Length of the fuse composition, 1 inch and 3/16ths; 2 oz. cases driven one and a half diameters, and bounced 2, and one-ounce cases driven 2 diameters, and bounced 21/2; of each an equal quantity, sufficient for the shell.
We may remark, that the star composition, driven in bounced cases, must be managed in the following manner: First, the cases must be pinched close at one end, then the corn-powder put in for a report, and the case pinched again close to the powder, only leaving a small vent for the star-composition, which is driven at top, to communicate to the powder at the bounce end.