Compound eight-inch Balloon.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal-powder, | 2 | 8 |
| Corn powder, | 1 | 12 |
| Powder for the mortar, | 9 | 4 |
Length of the fuse composition, 1/8th of an inch; 4 oz. cases, driven with star composition, 3/8th of an inch, and bounced 3 diameters, 16; 2 oz. tailed stars, 16; 2 oz. drove brilliant stars, 12; silver rain falls, 20; 1 oz. drove blue stars 20; and 1 oz. cases driven and bounced, two diameters, as many as will fill the shell.
Another of eight-inches.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal-powder, | 2 | 8 |
| Corn, do. | 1 | 12 |
| Powder for the mortar, | 9 | 4 |
Length of the fuse composition, 1 inch and 1/8th; crackers of six reports, 10; gold rains, 14; 2 oz. cases driven with star composition, 3/16ths of an inch, and bounced 2 diameters, 16; 2 oz. tailed stars, 16; 2 oz. drove brilliant stars, 12; silver rains, 10; 1 oz. drove blue stars, 20; and 1 ounce cases, driven with brilliant charge, 2 diameters, and bounced 3, as many as the shell will hold.
A compound ten-inch Balloon.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal-powder, | 3 | 4 |
| Corn powder, | 2 | 8 |
| Powder for the mortar, | 12 | 8 |
Length of the fuse composition 15/16ths of an inch; 1 oz. cases driven and bounced 3 diameters, 16; crackers of eight reports, 12; 4 oz. cases, driven 1/2 an inch with star composition, and bounced 2 diameters, 14; 2 oz. cases driven with brilliant fire 1 and 1/4th diameters, and bounced 2 diameters, 16; 2 oz. drove brilliant stars, 30; 2 oz. drove blue stars, 3; gold rains, 20; silver rains 20. After all these are put in, fill the remainder of the case with tailed and rolled stars.