[INDEX.]
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] U [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]
A.
Accension of glace inflammable, [40]
Accension of spirit of turpentine, [51]
Accension of phosphuretted hydrogen gas, [85]
Accension, spontaneous, remarks on, [288]
Acid of borax, use of, in fire-works, [227]
Aigrette, pots of, [363]
why so named, ibid
Air works, [347]
Alcohol, [168]
the flame of, how coloured, [20], [269]
its compound with water, &c. [169]
its use in fire-works, [168]
its proof, or strength, how ascertained, [170]
used in the preparation of fulminating mercury, ibid
burns without smoke, ibid
Alexander the Great, surprised with the effects of naphtha, [32], [153]
Albertus Magnus, published an account of the ordeal by fire, [38]
on the Greek fire, [98]
Amadou; see [Pyrotechnical sponge].
Amber, [156]
used in odoriferous fire, [157]
found in the United States, ibid
black; see [Jet].
Ambergris, ibid
American Turtle, what, [515]
Ammonia, muriate of, [184]
Analysis of gunpowder, in what it consists, [140]
Ancients, fire-works of the, [261]
as exhibited in theatres, ibid
made chiefly in wooden tubes, [262]
illuminated on birth days, [428]
Anelzin, Constantine, supposed to have invented gunpowder, [99]
Animal poisons, for what used, [568]
Animalcula, [34]
Anglesea, Island of, furnishes sulphur from copper pyrites, [80]
Antimony, [188]
Antioch, had some public lamps, note. [428]
Anna Commena, her formula for Greek fire, [98]
Aphlogistic lamp, [170]
with camphor, [171]
Aquatic fire-works, [21], [442]
Aquafortis, [49]
Archbishop of Magdeburg had nitre districts, [52]
Arrow, poisoned, [567]
Archbishop of Triers, granted privileges for searching for nitre, [53]
Artifice of destruction, [267]
Artificial nitre beds, [69]
Artificial flower pot, [10]
Artillery, how fired by sulphuric acid, [75]
match, [471]
rod, [474]
Arsenic, sulphurets of, [187]
Arrows, used to attract lightning, [31]
Asbestus, or Amianthus, wicks of, [26]
Ashes, wood, [192]
Asphaltum, [155]
used as a cement, ibid
Aurum Musivum, [200]
Auger rammer, what, [238]
size of, for boring rockets, ibid
Auget in mining, what, [551]
Automatons of fire, [419]
Aurora, composition for, [272]
Azote, iodide of, a fulminating compound, [177]
in nitre beds, furnished by animal matter, [70]
quantity of, in nitric acid, [122]
disengaged from gunpowder, ibid
quantity of, disengaged from powder, [123]
exists in miasmata, [60]
carburet of, in miasmata, [61]
different combinations of, ib.
[B.]
Bacon, Roger, [98]
received his knowledge of gunpowder, ib.
his work, containing the composition of powder, ib.
his opinion of the manner the Midianites were defeated, ib.
knew gunpowder before Schwartz, [99]
Balls, incendiary, [92]
smoke, [449]
stink, ibid
poisoned, ibid
inflammable, [577]
red-hot, [449]
Balloon wheels, [394]
Balloons of grenades, bombs and stone, [559]
Coehorn, [351]
Republican, [352]
of serpents, [353]
of crackers and marrons, [352]
compound, ibid
eight-inch, &c. [353]
ten-inch, &c. [354]
observations on, [355]
Table respecting, [356]
Mortars for the charge of, ibid
fuses of, [354]
composition for the, [358]
cases for, [245]
Barbadoes tar, [155]
Barras, [148]
Bar-Cochebra, the rabbi, his deceptions on the Jews, [31]
Barrow's account of Asiatic fire-works, [255]
the nitre caves of Africa, [58]
Battle of the kegs, [523]
Batteries of Roman candles, [406]
Mosaic candles, ibid
Bavins, for fire-ships, [509]
composition for, ibid
Beckman, his remarks concerning jugglers, [27]
Bengal lights, [377]
Benzoin, [161]
Benzoic acid, ibid
Benzoin, why used in fire-works, [162]
flowers of, ibid
Berard, his improvement in refining nitre, [67]
Berthollet, proposed chlorate of potassa for gunpowder, [76]
his fulminating silver, [174]
Bergamot, the essence of, used in odoriferous flambeaux, [288]
Bigot, his observations on rockets, [540]
Bistre, how prepared from wood-soot, [146]
Bitumen, elastic, [155]
solid, ibid
Black, ivory, [90]
Black lead, [209]
Black amber, [157]
Blue vitriol, [222]
Blue stars, [18]
Boat, plunging, [514]
Bodington, invented a machine to prove powder, [139]
Bologna phial, [214]
Bones, charring of, [94]
Bone and ivory, [220]
Borello, his process for regeneration, [34]
Bottle, phosphoric fire, [85]
Bombs, howitzes and grenades, [487]
tables respecting, [489]
incendiary, of Ruggeri, [537]
composition of, [556]
where said to have been invented, [504]
succouring, an account of Bell's, [544]
Brass, [197]
Brand, fire, [574]
Brick, economical, [577]
Brilliant stars, [18]
fire, [271]
Brins, pots de, [364]
Brimstone, [78]
roll, [80]
how obtained, ib.
how to determine its purity, [83]
flowers of, [82]
Browning of gun barrels, [204]
Browne, Dr. on nitre caves, [54], [55], [58]
Bronze, [198]
Brongniart's directions for refining saltpetre, [62]
Brugnatelli's fulminating silver, [174]
Bullock's blood, paste made with, [253]
Burgundy pitch, [147]
Burning barrel, [503]
composition for the, [504]
Byzantium, illumination of, [24]
[C.]
Cabinet de composition, [235]
Cadet, his mode of discharging guns, [477]
Caduceus rocket, [341]
Cagliostro, the imposter, [33]
his pretensions to the miraculous, ib.
his phial, ib.
Cardan's account of his phial, ib.
Cæsalpinus, his comment on Aristotle, [34]
Callinicus, the inventor of the Greek fire, [544], [548]
Calamine stone, [195]
Calcareous caverns mostly contain nitre, [54]
Caligula, caused Rome to be illuminated, [24], [428]
Camphor, [157]
used in candle-making, [159]
obtained from the Laurus Camphora, [158]
crude, how refined, ibid
properties of, [158]
use of, in fire-works, [160]
the flame produced by, ibid
Candles, Roman, [380]
cases for, and effect of, ibid
manner of charging the, ibid
manner of firing, ibid
Mosaic, [381]
duration of, [439]
light of, ibid
Ure's experiments on, ibid
Cannon, history of, [456]
how originally made, [457]
different kinds of, [459]
opinions respecting, [458]
Carbon, gaseous oxide of, [89]
different combinations of, ib.
quantity in different coals, how ascertained, [151]
Carbonic acid, [88]
Carbonic oxide gas, [89]
Carburetted hydrogen gas, ib.
Cartwright's fire-works, [20]
Caromel, [165]
Carbonate of Ammonia, [185]
zinc, impure, [195]
potassa, [189]
Castera's Plunging boat, some account of, [514]
Caprices, [400]
cracking, [407]
Cascades of fire, [404]
Carney, M. his process for gunpowder, [110]
Carcass rocket, [530]
Carcasses, [492]
how made, [493]
table of the dimensions of, [494]
uses of, [492]
composition of, [494]
a general rule for their preparation, [495]
composition for covering, [496]
how discharged from mortars, [497]
inextinguishable, [493]
Cartridges, [462]
musket, [464]
cannon, [467]
used in seiges, what kind of, [466]
cost of, in France, ibid
ball for, calculations respecting, [463]
dimensions of the sacks for, [468]
cannon, of what composed, ibid
table relative to, [469]
Bigot's table on the charge of powder for, [471]
Cases, when drove solid, observations on, [237]
how distinguished by their diameters, ibid
charging of, without moulds, ibid
nipples for, ibid
when charged solid, how bored, [238]
rolled wet, for wheels and fixed pieces, [244]
for turning pieces, of what length, [245]
for Roman candles, ibid
for serpents, ibid
for fixed stars, ibid
tourbillon, ibid
balloon, how made, ibid
for illumination port-fires, [246]
lances, [247]
for common port-fires, ibid
paper for, [250]
paper, preferred to wooden tubes, [262]
used by the Chinese, ibid
for reports, [301]
for crackers, [300]
for fire-pumps, [322]
for scrolls, [344]
priming of, [370]
whitening of, ibid
standing and fixed, compositions for, [388]
Catamarin, [514]
invented by Fulton, ibid
Caves, nitre, of the United States, [54]
Celsius, his writings against the Magi, [27]
Cement, Japanese, [252]
Cerasin, [219]
Chained rockets, [342]
Chaptal, his approval of Carney's process, [110]
his observations on saltpetre, [67]
Christians in the first century, illuminated, [24], [428]
Charcoal, [87]
accension of, by nitric acid, [51]
from damaged gunpowder, [72]
quantity of, for decomposing 100 parts of nitre, [96]
used in fire-works, [87]
decomposes nitric acid, ib.
nitrate of potassa, [96]
properties of, [87]
destroys the empyreumatic flavour of liquor, ib.
burns in oxygen gas, &c. [88]
one of the constituents of gunpowder, [89]
how made, [90]
how made intensely black, [96]
for gunpowder, how prepared, [94]
wood used for making, [94]
Charred pitcoal, [90]
Chargers, [231]
Characters, used in pyrotechny, [230]
Champy, M. his process for gunpowder, [109]
Changes, in sun pieces, how effected, [396]
Chemical effects in fire-works, [2]
changes, ib.
Chimnies, different modes of cleansing, [573]
Smart's machine for, [574]
Chinese fire, [19], [371]
works, [255]
preparation of the iron for, [201]
composition of, as used in theatres, [265]
for table works, [272]
peculiar art of the, in making fire-works, [255]
flyers, [303]
cases for, ibid
how filled, ibid
use of, ibid
fountains, [405]
paste, how made, [252]
iron sand, different numbers of the, how made, [202]
Incarville's account of the, [202]
Chlorate of potassa, in fire-works, [7]
accension by, [22]
experiments with, ib.
how made, [74]
composition of, [75]
decomposed by combustibles, [75]
and sugar, give fire with sulphuric acid, ib.
effects of, with charcoal and sulphur, [76]
in lieu of nitre for gunpowder, ib.
serious accidents from, ib.
proportions of, for powder, ib.
powder made with, stronger than the common, ib.
powder of, experiments with the, ib.
for rockets, [77]
how used to discharge cannon, [75]
Choaker, [233]
Choaking, how performed, [243]
contrivance for, [244]
Cicero, lamps lighted in honor of, [24], [428]
Clay, uses of, in pyrotechny, [193]
how prepared for use, [194]
Cleaveland, professor, his notices of saltpetre caves, [54]
Coal, [149]
common, ibid
pit, ibid
component parts of, ibid
character of, ibid
what kind of, best for fire-works, ibid
surcharged with bitumen, how it burns, [150]
American, ibid
use of, in the arts, ibid
kinds of, ibid
quantity of carbon in, how ascertained, [151]
why used in fire-works, ibid
analysis of, ibid
origin of, [152]
Coke, [90]
ovens, [150]
Coehorn balloon, [351]
illuminated, ibid
of serpents, ibid
of crackers, ibid
compound, [352]
Colophony, [147]
Colours, how communicated, [19]
Combustion, spontaneous, how occasioned, [323]
accelerated or retarded, [1]
produces new compounds, [2]
products of, ib.
of metals, [4]
of sulphur with nitre, [49]
Common stars, [18]
Compositions, remarks respecting particular, [9]
how preserved, [235]
sundry, for fire-works, tabular view of, [317]
effects of particular, [367]
for variations, for sun pieces, [396]
to preserve the fuses of shells, &c. [485]
for dipping curtains, bavins, &c. [511]
for priming for fire-ships, ibid
for setting fire to fascines, ibid
for hoops, fire arrows, &c. ibid
for kitt, [512]
Condensing syringe, [276]
Courantines, or line rockets, [345]
Constantius, alarmed at some feats by fire, [31]
Constantinople, illumination of, [24]
by order of Constantine, [428]
Copal, [164]
Cornelius, the Rev. Mr. his description of a nitre cave, [58]
Corrosive sublimate, [186]
use of, in fire-works, ibid
Cotton, [219]
Counter-mines, [551]
Crackers of fulminating silver, [173]
how made for fire-works, [300]
report of, how caused, ibid
Waterloo, [273]
Crawfish, process for regenerating, [34]
Cramer's experiments on the formation of nitre, [70]
Cross-fire, what, [406]
Crowns and globes, compositions for, [390]
Cruikshank, his process for making fulminating silver, [174]
Curtains, for fire-ships, [510]
Cyanogen, [89]
Cylinders, or rollers, [230]
Cyphers in fire, how made, [324]
[D.]
Dana, his remarks respecting vapour in combustion, [434]
Dart, the inflammable, [574]
Dead fire, for wheels, [389]
light fuse, [485]
Deceptions by fire, various, [30]
Decorations for fire-works, [298], [425]
Deflagration of nitre with crude antimony, [50]
Delian problem, (note), [28]
Deliquescent salts in nitre, [38]
Desaguliers, his remarks concerning rockets. See [Rockets].
Destruction, artifice of, [267]
Detonation with nitre and phosphorus, [49]
Detonations, sundry with chlorate of potassa, [75]
sundry experiments to produce, [273]
Detonating mixtures with phosphorus, [85]
girdle, [274]
powder from indigo, [177]
tape, [274]
oil, [179]
works, [273]
balls, [274]
cards, [275]
Devices, variously formed, [324]
Diamond, pure carbon, [87]
Dodecaedron, representation of, [403]
Don Pedro, [99]
D'Orval, his account of aquatic fire-works, [272]
Dragons, in fire-works, exhibitions of, [266]
Driver for charging large rockets, [233]
Drying of powder, [112]
Duponts, the Messrs. the character of their powder, [73]
Dusting of gunpowder, [112]
Dung of camels, used as fuel, [218]
[E.]
Eau de cuite, [64]
Eau forte, ib.
Eau faible, ib.
Europeans, ancient, their poisoned arrows, [568]
Elastic bitumen, [155]
aeriform fluids, [6]
Electron, [156]
Electricity, effects of, on inflammable bodies, [276]
Ellibichus, (note.), [428]
Empedocles knew the effect of burning glasses, [562]
Endless screw, [418]
Eprouvette, [138]
of Hutton, ibid
improved, ibid
of Darcy, [76]
of Regnier, [77]
of Ramsden, [139]
Dr. Hutton's opinion of the, [138]
Eruption, volcanic, [263]
substances which produce, ibid
Essence of spruce, [147]
Ether, phosphorized, [85]
Essential oils, [163]
Etoupille of the French, [295]
how prepared, [297]
Ewel, his patent for making gunpowder, [118]
Examination, chemical, of nitre, [72]
Exhibition of fire-works, [453]
Experiments, sundry, with detonating substances, [273]
Extemporaneous fire, [578]
various kinds of, ibid
by chemical action, ibid
Hanzelet's composition for, [579]
remarks on, ibid
[F.]
Fascines, [501]
how made, ibid
to what use applied, ibid
various kinds of, [501]
Feast of the lanterns in China, [25]
Feast of the lamps, [427]
Feast of the dedication of the Temple, ibid
Festum encæniorum of the Jews, [24]
Fevers, malignant, supposed causes of, [60]
Fight, with small ships, how represented, [451]
Fire, feats performed with, [26]
works of, general basis of, [19]
works, to show in sparks, &c. [20]
for rooms, of what made, [21]
substances used in, [48]
rain, incendiary, [560]
composition of, [560], [561]
observations on, ibid
gave rise to the fire-stone, [562]
Greek, [544]
of what composed, [545]
flasks, [575]
stone, what, [205]
produced by percussion, [273]
works in general, [255]
invention of Europe, ibid
at Pekin, ibid
known in China from time immemorial, ibid
Chinese not surpassed by any nation, ibid
Barrow's account of the, ibid
arrangement of, [256]
a system of, what, ibid
of inflammable air, [383]
Frazier's opinion respecting, [257]
ordeal by, [37]
works at Versailles and Paris, [257]
of the ancients, [261]
theatrical, [262]
rain for theatres, [264]
composition of, [264], [309], [310], [311]
in Chinese fire, [265]
spur, [267]
composition of, [268]
works, portable, [271]
scented, [283]
tables, [271]
pots, [365]
for ramparts, [575]
charge for, [366]
brand, [574]
pumps, [322]
composition for, ibid
cases for, how made, ibid
how charged, ibid
jets, [367]
extemporaneous, how made, [578]
spouts, [367]
compositions for, ibid
blue, for parasols and cascades, [369]
radiant, ibid
green, ibid
Aurora, ibid
Italian rose, ibid
everlasting, what, [154]
jets, different appearances of, [370]
how used, ibid
Chinese, [371]
red, [372]
cast iron, used in the, [371]
iron sand in the, ibid
applications of the, [375]
has little force, ibid
on wheels, its effect, ibid
for calibers under 10/12ths of an inch, [376]
for other calibers, ibid
for Palm trees and cascades, ibid
white, ibid
for gerbes, ibid
works for exhibition, the arrangement of, [387]
how arranged, [453]
incendiary, [490]
general account of the, ibid
number of the, ibid
slow, for wheels, [389]
dead, for wheels, ibid
wands, [400]
cascades of, [404]
galleries of, [406]
globes, [420]
crayons, [286]
globe, aquatic, [445]
representation of figures in, [423]
ship, in miniature, [451]
for service, [507]
preparation of a, ibid
uses of a, ibid
stores required for a, [510]
fire-barrels for a, ibid
composition for, ibid
stone, [491]
its use, ibid
of what composed, ibid
cautions to be used in making, ibid
on what its goodness depends, ibid
how made more inflammable, ibid
composition of, [492]
origin of, [491]
composition, used for carcasses; see [carcasses].
balls, [492]
Fire balls, composition of, [494]
table on the dimensions of, ibid
how they differ from carcasses, [492]
composition for covering of, [496]
how discharged, [497]
a new mode for making, ibid
to be thrown by hand, kind for, ibid
composition for hand, [498]
works, with hydrogen gas, [383]
Dillon's exhibition of inflammable air, ibid
Cartwright's do. do., ibid
flame of hydrogen gas in, how charged, ibid
of inflammable air, how executed, ibid
their character, ibid
imitative, [440]
how made, ibid
Red, for theatres, [270]
Fixed air, [87]
suns, [397], [398]
cases, [19]
Flame, the rapidity of the communication of, [431]
of felt, colours of, [435]
Reaumur and Schatt's remarks on, ibid
of felt, experiment to produce the, ibid
coloured, theory of, [436]
very remarkable effects of, on living persons, ibid
how prepared to produce singular appearances, ibid
Flame, changed of different colours, [2], [432]
deception by breathing, [30]
the, in fire-works, how shown, [264]
how extinguished, and made to reappear at the same time, [275]
Flambeaux, odoriferous, [288]
its use in war, [501]
how made, [502]
composition for, ibid
Flower pot, artificial, of fire, [10]
Flowers of sulphur, [82]
Flower pots, pyramid of, [402]
Flux, black, [50]
white, ib.
Flyers, Chinese, [303]
Fetid carbonate of lime, [155]
fire, remarks on, [290]
Forsyth, the Rev. Mr. his composition for gunpowder, [23], [75]
his invention of a gun-lock, [22]
Foudres, what, [265]
Fougasses, [554]
Fougette, [529]
improvement on the, [530]
Fountains, Chinese, [405]
Frankincense, [148]
used in odoriferous fire, ibid
Frazier, his opinion on fire-works, [257]
Fruiloni wheel, [394]
Fuel, economical, [577]
Fulminating powder, [50]
of Higgins, ib.
mercury, [171]
of Bayen, [173]
silver, [173], [274]
balls, ibid, ibid
bombs, [173], [275]
silver, of Berthollet, [174]
of Chenevix, ibid
of Silliman, [175]
gold, ibid
platinum, [176]
powder, from indigo, [177]
compound, called iodide of azote, ibid
oil, [179]
silver, entertaining experiments with, [273]
Fusion, powder of, [50]
Fuses, [481]
for shells, howitzes, and grenades, ibid
how made, ibid
how charged, [482]
sundry compositions for, [484]
with dead light, [485]
composition for the, [486]
dimensions of, [487]
[G.]
Gallipot, [147]
Galbanum, [221]
Galleries of fire, [406]
Galvanism, detonations produced by, [276]
Games at Rome, illuminated at night, [24]
Garniture, in fire-works, what, [298]
Gases produced in fire-works, [6]
character of the, ib.
Gas lights, [89]
Gases, what, produced by gunpowder, [121]
number of, evolved from gunpowder, [122]
carbonic acid, &c. quantity from gunpowder, [123]
General theory of Pyrotechny, [1]
Gerbes, [19]
account of, [348]
composition for, [349]
Gibbs, colonel, his experiments on gunpowder with lime, [556]
Girandoles, [407]
modification of, ibid
chests of, for rockets, [338]
Girdle, detonating, [274]
Glazing of powder, what, [111]
plumbago used for the, ibid
Glass, [210]
different kinds of, ibid
acted upon by fluoric acid, [214]
annealing of, ibid
uses of, in fire-works, [210]
Globes, with their decorations, [419]
leaping, [420]
composition for, [421]
bursting, [420]
Globe of compression, [553]
Glue, [214]
its use in pyrotechny, ibid
Gold rain, [310]
fulminating, [175]
Gracchus, Marcus, [98]
Græcus, Marcus, ib.
said to have invented gunpowder, ib.
Grape shot, how made, [470]
Granulation of powder, [111]
Grecian illumination, [24]
Green match, [324]
fire of the Palm tree, [77]
Gregory, his summary of Robins's experiments, [125]
Greek-fire, [544]
invented by Callinicus, ibid
used by Callinicus with success, ibid
how defined, ibid
used at different periods, [545]
how made use of, ibid
thrown by spouting engines, ibid
Beckman's remarks on the, ibid
peculiar properties of the, [546]
modern imitations of the, ibid
La Brocquiere on the, ibid
Ruggeri's remarks on the, [547]
said to have given rise to gunpowder, [98]
recipes for the making of, known to Bacon, ib.
a manuscript containing the, and gunpowder, ib.
various kinds of, [546]
the original, not known, ibid
the author of Œuvre Militaire on, ibid
recommends a substitute for the, ibid
superseded by gunpowder, [547]
Grenades, fuses for, [481]
how charged, [484]
Gums, used in fire-works, [21]
contain carbon, [89]
Gum arabic, [219]
Tragacanth, ibid
Gun, repeating, [460]
Guns discharged by percussion, [75]
Guns, see [cannon].
Gunpowder, history of, [97]
invented in India, [97], [458]
invention, how brought to Europe, [97]
the Arabians obtained a knowledge of, from the Indians, ib.
the use of, forbidden in the sacred books of the Indians, ib.
employed in 690 at the battle of Mecca, ib.
the Greek fire said to have given rise to, [98]
recipe for, in an old manuscript, ib.
quality of, [97]
the formulæ for of Marcus Græcus, [98]
said to have been invented by a German monk, [99]
invention of, ascribed to Anelzin, ib.
to Schwartz, ib.
no mention made of, in the French registers, ib.
damaged, nitre extracted from, [72]
how examined by reagents, [73]
analysis of, in what it consists, [73], [140]
made with chlorate of potassa, [76]
with chlorate of potassa, effects of, ib.
what required to make good, [100]
varies in its constituent parts, ibid
French formula, for the best, ibid
English, proportions used for, ibid
government, (British), what, ibid
experiments with, at Grenille, ibid
proportions for, by different nations, ibid
for war, French formula, [102]
for hunting, do. do., ibid
for mining, do. do., ibid
manufacture of, [102]
in France, summary of the, [110]
improvement in the drying of, [103]
glazing of, [104]
for making, according to Champy, [109]
mills, [104]
accidents to, ibid
at Frankford, an experiment at, [105]
machinery of, ibid
charcoal for, according to Proust, [110]
Carney's process for making, ibid
its power, on what it depends, [120]
gases produced by the combustion of, [121]
quantity of, [122]
Thenard's remarks on the gases from, [121]
Proust's opinion of the products of fired, ibid
remarks on the combustion of, ibid
Granulation of, said to be injurious, [124]
fired in a vacuum, the products of, [125]
carbonic acid gas from, [121]
Robins's experiments with, [125]
Dr. Hutton's remarks on, [127]
charges of, [129]
the velocity of balls caused by, ibid
table of the charges, &c. of, [130]
Hutton's experiments at Woolwich, with, ibid
azotic gas from, [121]
proof of, [136]
various, ibid
comparative, ibid
by the eprouvette, [138]
strength of, how increased, [140]
preservation of, ibid
examination of, ibid
chemical, ibid
marks, what, [136]
quantity required to raise a cubic fathom of earth, [552]
torpedo; see [Torpedo].
several modes proposed to increase the force of, [554]
experiments of M. L. Maitre, &c. with, [555]
basis of fire-works. See [Theory of Fire-Works].
extinguishing flame with fired, [572]
charging of, with a ball, a new mode, [39]
how used with ball, without injuring, ib.
Tricks with, by jugglers, [40]
action and reaction of, against a ball, ib.
how put in the repeating-gun. See [Cannon].
how it acts in extinguishing flame, [572]
recommended to scatter water on buildings on fire, [573]
inflammation of, by the radiation of heat, [566]
cautions in loading guns with, [125]
its force increased by confined air, ibid
how employed for the splitting of trees, &c. ibid
damaged, how the nitre is recovered from, [72]
purification of sulphur, for making, [81]
mills, spontaneous combustion in, [106]
how prevented, [107]
Bartholdi's opinion of the, [106]
David's plan to prevent the, ibid
Gunbarrels, how browned, [204]
utility of browning, ibid
[H.]
Hanzelet, his extemporaneous fire, [579]
Half-moulds, [238]
dimensions of, ibid
Hare, professor, his remarks concerning flame, [433]
Heat, latent, [136]
idea of, how formed, ibid
in nitric acid, ibid
Herodotus, his account of the Egyptian illuminations, [24]
of the Egyptian festivals, [427]
Higgins, his fulminating powder, [50]
improvement on the old, ib.
Hirpi, the, jumped through fire, &c. [37]
Hippocrates Chias, the discoverer of the Delian problem, (note.) [29]
Holy Fire, office of the, [41]
ceremonies of the, ib.
Honorary rockets, [342]
Horse, a, burnt, through a superstitious notion, (note.) [28]
Humboldt, his observation on gunpowder for mining, [556]
Howard's fulminating mercury, [172]
of what composed, ibid
how prepared, ibid
effects of, [173]
Howitzes, fuses for, [481]
how charged, [484]
Hughes' nitre cave, [54]
Hydrogen gas, for fire-works, [20], [383]
Cartwright's fire-works with, [20]
Dillon's fire-works with, [383]
detonation of, in a pistol, [384]
Hyperboreans, how they caught the electric fluid, [31]
Hyperoxymuriate of potassa, [7], [74]
sundry properties of, [75]
used for gunpowder, [76]
the same as chlorate of potassa, [74]
contains a large quantity of oxygen, [75]
how prepared, [74]
basis of the pocket lights, [75]
[I.]
Illumination port-fires, cases for, [246]
lances of, [314]
composition for the, ibid
of various colours, ibid
Illuminations, [23], [425]
for what designed, [23]
antiquity of, ib.
Egyptian, [24]
Parisian, ib.
by the Ancients, on great occasions, ib.
port-fire, composition for, [314]
chemical, [439], [523]
Illuminating barrel, [503]
Illuminated table star, [273]
Illuminated spiral wheel, [393]
yew tree, [402]
figures, sundry, [413]
fountain, [439]
how produced, ibid
Imitative fire-works, [440]
Incendiary machines, in war, [462]
fire-works, [490]
matches, [492]
kegs, [523]
rocket, [530]
rope, [558]
composition for, ibid
arrows, [566]
Incombustible, wheels, &c. how made, [240]
Indigo, a fulminating powder from, [177]
Indian white fire, [580]
composition of the, ibid
matches for the, ibid
Ingenhouz, Dr. his remarks concerning gunpowder, [120]
Inflammable powder of M. Gengembrie and Bottée, [50]
Infernal machine, [512]
Inflammable ball, [577]
air, [20]
works, [383]
pistol, [384]
lamp, ibid
dart, [574]
Iodide of azote, a fulminating substance, [177]
Iron cylinders and cases, why preferred for charring wood, [91]
use of, in fire-works, [201]
cast, or crude, an ingredient of Chinese fire, ibid
pig, or crude iron, [206]
properties of, [201]
the effect of, in brilliant and Chinese fire, ibid
sand of the Chinese, powdered cast iron, ibid
chambers of, for fire-ships, [509]
their use, ibid
some preparations of, [201]
theory of the effect of, in fire-works, [202]
filings, how preserved, [239]
in brilliant fire, [4]
Irrorateur, [288]
Isinglass, used in composition, [19]
its properties, [214]
Italian roses, [313]
composition for, ibid
[J.]
Japanese cement, [252]
Jerome, his remarks on the lights of Antioch, (note.) [428]
Jessamine fire, composition of, [271]
Jet, [156]
fire, [367]
Jews, festival of, had illuminations at the, [24]
Joblonski, his account of the horse condemned at Lisbon, (note.) [28]
Julius Camillus, his homunculi, [34]
[K.]
Karabé, [156]
Kircher, his mirror, [562]
Kurtz, his patent for preparing charcoal, [93]
[L.]
Laboratory, in Pyrotechny, [228]
Laboratory tools, ibid
Lampblack, in spur fire, [10]
action of, in spur fire, ib.
accension of, by nitric acid, [51]
how made, [89], [144]
origin of the name of, [144]
houses, ibid
properties of, [145]
purity of, how discovered, ibid
artificial tannin from, ibid
quality of, how improved, ibid
durable ink, prepared with, ibid
used in printers' ink, ibid
a constituent part of Close's ink, ibid
Lampadaria, what, [428]
Lamptericæ, ibid
Lamp, inflammable air, [430]
Lamps, kinds of, [429]
various patent, (note.) [430]
custom of the Turks with, [24]
Pococke's account of, in a synagogue, ib.
Persian ceremony with, [25]
Lances of illumination, [314]
sundry compositions for, ibid
Lance à feu, composition of, ibid
stink fire, ibid
slow white flame, [315]
composition of, ibid
for petards, [318]
how made, ibid
of service, ibid
composition for the, ibid
Lanterns, feast of the, in China, [25]
Lapis Calaminaris, [195]
Lardons, same nature as serpents, [298]
Lead, recommended for the preservation of powder, [140]
experiments with, for this purpose, ibid
cartridges formed of sheet, ibid
black, [209]
used for the glazing of powder, [111]
Leaders, [294], [295]
threading and joining of, [294]
for small cases, how used, ibid
Lee, Sergeant, his account of Bushnel's turtle, [518]
his adventure with a submarine vessel, ibid
his adventure with a balloon-ship, (note.) [521]
Libanus speaks of his native city, on account of the lamps, (note.) [428]
Lights, pocket, how made, [22], [75]
various kinds of, [315]
composition for, ibid
common, composition for, ibid
red, composition for, [316]
sundry compositions of, for different calibers, ibid
brilliant, &c. composition for, ibid
for all calibers, ibid
another, ibid
large Jessamine, [317]
small Jessamine, ibid
tabular view of compositions for, ibid
Bengal, [377]
composition of the, [378]
observations on the, ibid
Lightning, the Ancients knew how to attract the, [31]
how represented, [267]
Lime, promotes the formation of nitre, [53]
the carbonate of, the same effect, ib.
Lime, [194]
its use in fire-works, [195]
Line rockets, [345]
Linseed oil, [218]
Lixivium for slow match, how made, [293]
Longchamp, his improvement in refining saltpetre, [67]
Lycopodium used in priming powder, [76]
imitating lightning, [267]
[M.]
Machines, infernal, [512]
Magazine, [235]
principles of forming a bomb proof, ibid
lightning rod for a, [236]
access of moisture in a, how prevented, ibid
Magic lantern, [44]
phantasmagoria with the, ib.
Magi, character of the Ancient Egyptian, [27]
Mallets, [231]
Maltha, [155]
Mandrils, [230]
Marble, bituminous, [155]
Marks, gunpowder, [143]
Mariotte, his theory of the flight of rockets, [14]
Marrons, [318]
made to imitate the explosion of mines, [264]
how made, [318]
how fired, [319]
batteries of, how formed, ibid
for service, ibid
cubical, ibid
figure of the paper, before forming, [320]
shining, [320]
for what designed, ibid
Murdering, [557]
Mastich, [163]
from the Pistacia lentiscus, ibid
used in the scented paste, [164]
Matches, in artillery, [471]
Match, [292]
quick, ibid
slow, [293]
lixivium for slow, ibid
principles with respect to the combustion of, [296]
proportion of substances for forming, [297]
slow (military), [471]
how prepared, ibid
rope for, [472]
lixivium for, ibid
nitre, why used, ibid
how polished, ibid
another process for preparing, ibid
how made at Gibraltar, ibid
made of sugar of lead, ibid
quick, process of M. Bigot for, [477]
different compositions for, [478]
of worsted, ibid
how made with expedition, ibid
rod, artillery, of M. Cadet, [474]
experiments with, ibid
incendiary, [492]
how prepared, ibid
phosphoric, [85]
wood, [571]
paper, [294]
for cyphers, blue and green, [324]
purple, or violet, [325]
Meal-powder, [234]
Mealing table, how made, [83]
Mealing of brimstone, ib.
Medici, house of, bribed to abolish the Academy del Cimento, [28]
Mercury, fulminating, [171]
Mercury, corrosive muriate of, [186]
Metals, used in fire-works, [4]
Metallic preparations, some detonate, [23]
Metallic copper, how obtained by precipitation, [222]
used in fire-works, [223]
Meteors, imitation of natural, [325]
Meteorolites, [62]
Meteoric phenomenon, ib.
Mexia, Peter, his remarks on gunpowder, [98]
Miasmata, of what composed, [60]
produce fevers, ib.
produce yellow fever, [60]
how destroyed, (note.) [61]
kind of, supposed to produce yellow fever, ib.
Military Pyrotechny, what, [456]
Milk of sulphur, [83]
Mine pots, [299]
composition of, ibid
Mines, and mining, [550]
Minerva of Sais, festival of, (note.) [428]
Mineral tar, [154]
Miracles, [29]
Mirrors, powerful effects of, [562]
Archimedes employed, with success, [563]
Mix, lieut. his unsuccessful attempt with a torpedo, [522]
Mixtures, how made for fire-works, [253]
Morey, his experiment with nitre and oil, [51]
with tar, [433]
with rosin and boiling water, [432]
Mortars and pestles, [233]
paper, [350]
to throw aigrettes, [350], [363]
Moore, his remarks on rockets, [15]
Moon and stars, [421]
Mosaic candles, [381]
theory and effect of, [17]
gold, [200]
tourbillons, [358]
composition of, [360]
simples, [381]
how used, ibid
moulded stars, [382]
composition of, ibid
Moses, how he differed from the Magi, [30]
rod of, miracles wrought with the, [29]
Mother water of nitre, [57]
Moulds, for common port-fires, [247]
Muriated gunpowder, what, [76]
Muriate of Ammonia, [184]
Mushet, his remarks on iron, [210]
Mutations, a regulated piece of nine, [408]
Myrrh, [164]
used in odoriferous fire, [165]
[N.]
Naphtha, [153]
the substance, which burnt Creusa, ibid
Alexander the great, surprised at the effects of, ibid
used by the Ancients in exhibitions, [154]
Hanway's account of, ibid
Pinkerton's observations on, ibid
grounds, singular properties of, ibid
used in the Greek fire, [154]
Neptune, how represented in fire, [450]
Nitre, [48]
fixed by charcoal, [49]
used in the formation of gunpowder, [50]
its quality, how judged of, by fire-workers, [51]
how procured in the East, [52]
districts, what, ib.
how procured at Lima, ib.
regale, in Germany, what, ib.
how obtained in Germany, ib.
from old walls, buildings, &c. [53]
formed with animal and vegetable matter, ib.
collected in the East Indies, ib.
quantity used in China for fire-works, ib.
bed of, at Apulia, near Naples, ib.
how obtained in Switzerland, ib.
springs, in Hungary, ib.
convocation at Paris, of young men, to receive instruction for forming, ib.
Caves of the United States, [54]
obtained from the soil of tobacco-houses, ib.
beds, artificial, ib.
how extracted from the nitrous earth of nitre caves, [54], [55]
crude, what, [54]
earth, what, ib.
found in caves in a state of purity, ib.
caves of Tennessee, Virginia, and Maryland, ib.
cave, a, how discovered, [55]
in the grease, what, [56]
theory of the process of extracting, [57]
crystallization of, ib.
rough, ib.
rock ore of, how treated, ib.
caves, observations on, [59]
Brongniart's direction for refining, [62]
process for extracting, in France, [63]
old process for refining, [66]
Chaptal's observations, &c. on, [67]
conditions necessary to form, [70]
how extracted from damaged gunpowder, [72]
how to ascertain its purity, ib.
how reduced expeditiously to powder, [73]
cubic, [74]
caves of Africa, a bituminous substance found there, [58]
native, in the nitre caves of the United States, [56]
native, of Africa, [58]
in the sandstone strata of Africa, ib.
caves of Africa, contain animal excrement, ib.
in the cave at Nicajack in Georgia, ib.
quantity obtained at Nicajack, [59]
supposed origin of, at Nicajack, ib.
in the cave at Corydon, Indiana, ib.
caves of East Tennessee, Kain's remarks on, ib.
of the Cumberland mountains, ib.
causes which are supposed to form, ib.
used in the manufacture of candles, [186]
Nitrification, what, [70]
Nitrous efflorescence, the ancient scrophula contra lapides, [53]
Nitrate of potassa, nitre, or saltpetre, [48]
of soda, used in fire-works, [8]
of strontia, ib.
produces flame, ib.
of soda, [73]
experiments with, by Bottée & Riffault, [74]
of copper, [223]
uses of, in fire-works, ibid
use of, for matches, ibid
preparation of, ibid
Nitrates of different bases, may be used in fire-works, [8]
all contain oxygen, ib.
Nitric acid, [51]
how prepared, ib.
[O.]
Odoriferous fire-works, general principle of, [21]
water balloons, [286], [446]
flambeaux, [289]
and fetid fire, [290]
fire, by spontaneous accension, [288]
pastilles, or crayons, [286]
vases of the ancients, ibid
Odour, classification of, ibid
extreme divisibility of, [285]
Oils, essential, [163]
inflammation of, [51]
used in odoriferous fire, [285]
Oil of vitriol, [82]
Oil, phosphorized, [85]
detonating, [179]
linseed, [218]
why required in boring of rockets, [238]
used for the preservation of iron or steel filings, [239]
of spike, [156]
how prepared, ibid
Olefiant gas. See fire-works with hydrogen gas, [89]
Ores, many, furnish sulphur by sublimation, [80]
how treated to yield sulphur, ib.
Orenburg gum, [147]
Ordeal by fire, what, [37]
Orpiment, [187]
Oxygen gas, how obtained from nitre, [49]
in nitrates and chlorates, [8]
an important agent in fire-works, [2]
Oxides, formed by combustion, what kind of, [4]
Oxide of copper, in fire-works, [222]
how obtained, ibid
[P.]
Pagan Priests, conscious of their deceptions, [30]
Palm trees, representation of, [401]
Paper press, [234]
different kinds of, used for cases, [250]
how made incombustible, ibid
how coloured and glazed, [251]
preferred for cases to wood, [262]
cases used by the Chinese, ibid
touch, or match, [294]
mortars, [349]
Swedish stone, [250]
incombustible, of amianthus, [251]
Chinese, ibid
observations on, ibid
Parasols, Chinese, [405]
Paris, fire-works at, in 1739, [257]
Paste, [252]
patent, ibid
Japanese, ibid
odoriferous, [287]
board, how made, [249]
uses of, ibid
for fire-works, Chinese mode of making the, [252]
Pastilles, or pastes, [286]
composition of, [287]
Peach-wood, raspings of, [76]
Pearl ash, [190]
Perchloride of Mercury, [186]
Persia, the sacred fire in, [386]
grounds of, contain inflammable air, ibid
the followers of Zoroaster in, ibid
Petard, [298]
for war, [505]
table of the dimensions of the, ibid
Petards, composition for, [506]
Petroleum, [154]
Payard, M. his burning mirror, [565]
Peyre, his remarks confined to gunpowder, [16]
Phantasmascope, [47]
Phantasmagoria, [44]
thunder and lightning with the, [47]
Phalaris, bull of; (note.) [28]
Philosophical phial, [214]
Phlogiston, supposed to have existed in acids, [70]
Phosphorus, [84]
general properties of, [85]
how prepared, [86]
Phosphoric matches, and fire bottles, [85]
stone, [86]
tapers, [85]
pencil, [86]
ether, [85]
oil, ib.
Phosphuret of lime, its effect in water, ib.
of Wurzer, [86]
Phosphuretted hydrogen gas, [85]
Piece, regulated, of nine mutations, [408]
Pinks, fire, from flower pots, [10]
Pin wheels, [395]
composition for, ibid
Pipes of communication, [443]
for fire-works, [295]
how joined together, ibid
how made, ibid
why necessary, ibid
Pitch, Jews', [155]
how made, [147]
use of, in fire-works, ibid
a composition of, almost inextinguishable, ibid
used in the Greek fire, ibid
used in incendiary fire-works, see [military fire-works].
Burgundy, furnished by the Pinus Abies, ibid
white, ibid
Plane board, [233]
Platinum, fulminating, [176]
Pliny, his account of Porsena, [31]
of Numa Pompilius, ib.
of Tullius Hostilius, ib.
Plumbago, [209]
Plutarch, his account of Naphtha, [32]
Pocket lights, how made, [22], [75]
Poisoned arrows, [566]
of savages, of what composed, [567]
sundry plants for, specified, [568]
the Arabs, how they make, ibid
of the island of Java, ibid
Asiatic, with what poisoned, ibid
of the Alps, ibid
ancient Europeans, how they made, ibid
Polydore Virgil, to whom he ascribes the invention of powder, [99]
Polygonal mirror, its effect, [565]
Pontiffs, the, considered learning opposed to their views, [28]
their arbitrary edicts, ib.
bribed the house of Medici, ib.
abolished the academy Del Cimento, ib.
Port-fire, cases for, [247]
length of, ibid
origin of the term, ibid
how made, by the Strasburg formula, ibid
Strasburg, composition of, [248]
how generally made, [479]
instructions of M. Bigot respecting, ibid
composition of, various, ibid
usual length of, [480]
wet and dry, ibid
dry, according to the English method, ibid
other compositions for, ibid
composition for, according to Ruggeri, ibid
Potash, [191]
Potassium, ibid
Pots des Brins, [364]
serpents for, [299]
how made, [364]
de chasse, [360]
fire, remarks on, [365]
for ramparts, [575]
composition for, [366]
of ordnance, [422]
how made, ibid
how fixed, ibid
how discharged, [423]
flower, pyramid of, [402]
Powder-triers, [138]
proof, [136]
bags, [503]
how made, ibid
barrel, ibid
of fusion, what, [50]
fulminating, ib.
inflammable, of Pauly, [577]
of what composed, [578]
Priests of antiquity, acting as jugglers, [32]
Prince Rupert's drops, [214]
Priming powder, of chlorate of potassa, [75]
tubes, or fuses, [475]
formerly made of tin, ibid
composed of two parts, ibid
reeds, or quills used for, ibid
how filled, [476]
compositions, sundry for, ibid
pewter used for, [475]
Prognosticator, a preparation of camphor for a, [159]
Proust, his remarks on the charcoal for powder, [110]
Prussic acid, [89]
Puddling, what, [207]
Puffs, [262]
composition for, [263]
Pulverization of substances, [253]
Purple match, [325]
Putrefaction of animal and vegetable substances, [70]
forms saltpetre, [71]
Pyrotechny, [1]
general theory of, ib.
of the Chinese, [53]
Pyrotechnical sponge, [570]
mixtures, [1]
Pyroacetic acid, [91]
how purified for use, [93], [95]
Pyric piece, [412]
Pyrophorus, [180]
of Wurzer, [86]
how prepared, ib.
Pyrophore of defence, [581]
[Q.]
Quick match, [20]
how generally made, ib.
military, [477]
different kinds of, see [match].
Quicklime, [194]
its use in making slow match, [472]
[R.]
Radiation of heat, its effects, [565]
Rammers, [231]
Rampart fire-pots, [575]
Realgar, [187]
Reagents, chemical, to discover foreign salts in nitre, [72]
Recoil of a gun, similar to the recoil of a rocket, [11]
Reeds, for fire-ships, [510]
Red-fire for theatres, [270]
Resins, [148]
Thenard's opinion of, ibid
Repeating gun, [460]
Reports, single, [301]
cases for, ibid
Rain, silver, composition for, [272]
fire, [18]
filamentous, [309]
how formed, ibid
cases for, with what charged, ibid
in sparks, what, ibid
composition for, [310]
gold, composition for, ibid
remarks on the, [319]
fire, in general, sundry compositions for, [311]
falls, and stars, double and single, ibid
observations on the cases for, ibid
and hail, how imitated, (note.) [266]
Rays, composition for, [272]
Rice glue, [252]
Richardson, his tricks with fire, [36]
Ring, a, how suspended by a thread reduced to ashes, [41]
Robins, his conclusions applicable to rockets, [16]
his experiments on gunpowder, [125]
Rochos, on the ashes of toads, [34]
Rock saltpetre ore, what, [55]
Rockets, gunpowder, &c. causes the ascension of, [11]
motion of, how balanced, [12]
gases produced by the combustion of the composition for the, ib.
principle of the, gives motion to fire-wheels, [11]
a missile weapon, ib.
used at the seige of Seringapatam, ib.
principle, what, [12]
employed for explosion and conflagration, [11]
theory of the ascension of the, [12]
stick, its use, ib.
stars, [18]
water, ib.
charcoal of hard wood for, when used, [94]
remarks on charging of the, [231]
charging of the, rammers required for, ibid
signal, tools required for forming the, [232]
table, [272]
driving of a, [236]
driven solid, or hollow, [236]
ladle for charging, [237]
blows required for charging of the, ibid
for each ladleful of composition, ibid
how bored, and machine for boring, [238]
taps for, what, ibid
bored with a brace and screw bit, [239]
cases, how made, [243]
cases, Morel's rule for making, [244]
length of the, how regulated, [245]
and their appendages, [326]
flying, ibid
uses of, ibid
caliber and preparation of, ibid
tables, concerning the, [327], [328]
different opinions respecting, [327]
moulds for, remarks on the, [328]
composition for, remarks on the, ibid
charcoal used in the composition for, of what kind, [329]
compositions for, opinions respecting the, ibid
compositions for, ibid
according to Morel, [330]
to Bigot, ibid
tabular view of the, [331]
of honour, Chinese composition for, [330]
observations on charging of, [331]
furniture of, its weight, [332]
heads for, how made, ibid
sticks for, ibid
how measured, ibid
piercer, what, [333]
rammers, for charging of, ibid
formers for the cases of, ibid
moulds for, table exhibiting the dimensions of, ibid
on the heading of, [334]
heads of, why used, ibid
experiments respecting, [335]
manner of decorating them, ibid
decorations used for, ibid
sticks, their dimensions and poise, [336]
their use, ibid
table respecting, ibid
how discharged, [337]
different modes of discharging, ibid
fired without sticks, in what manner, [338]
Girandole chest for discharging, ibid
how made, [339]
fountain of, what, ibid
how discharged at the same time, ibid
Morel's contrivance for discharging, ibid
angle of inclination given to, if required, [340]
combinations of, with appendages, ibid
fixed on the top of each other, ibid
towering, [16], [340]
Caduceus, [16], [341]
Honorary, [342]
Chained, ibid
tails of, how made to form an arch, [343]
small, or swarmers, ibid
composition for, ibid
scrolls for, [344]
cases for, ibid
line, with decorations, [345]
signal, [347]
water, [443]
discharging of, in water, [448]
under water, [449]
war, [11], [526]
Congreve, has iron cases ibid
Signal, trimming of, ibid
composition for the trimming of, [527]
quicklime used in the composition of, (note.) [526]
the hollow in, increases the surface that takes fire, [527]
sticks of, when large, are bored and filled with powder, [528]
Robins's experiments with, ibid
height of ascension of, ibid
Indian, [529]
Congreve, how it differs from the common, [530]
contains the propelling power, ibid
carries ball, shells, case shot, &c. ibid
distance of its flight, ibid
carcass, ibid
how armed, [533]
used at Boulogne and Copenhagen, [531]
advantages it is said to possess, ibid
range of the largest kind of, [532]
kinds used for different services, [533]
table concerning the range, &c. of the, ibid
how discharged, [535]
estimate of the cost of the, [536]
French account of the, ibid
described by Ruggeri, ibid
Congreve said not to be the inventor of the, ibid
invented by a naval officer, ibid
Ruggeri's publication concerning the, ib.
analysis of the, by Gay-Lussac, [531]
objections to the, [537]
difference between the incendiary and common, [538]
murdering, how formed, ibid
how discharged, ibid
light ball, [539]
carcass, the floating, ibid
observations on the, [540]
Bigot's remarks concerning the, ibid
Bigot's tables of the different kinds of, [542], [543]
the succoring, [544]
Rolling board, [233]
Rolled stars, [304]
Rome, the forum at, lighted, [428]
without public lights, ibid
Roman candles, [380]
Roses, Italian, [313]
composition for, ibid
Rose-piece and sun, [399]
Rosin, [146]
how prepared, [147]
Ruggeri, his opinion of chlorate of potassa for rockets, [77]
Rumford, count, his improvement in fuel, [577]
[S.]
Sacks, for mealing gunpowder, [234]
of powder, for pots des brins, [366]
Sage, on the spontaneous combustion of charcoal, [107]
his remarks concerning gunpowder, [108]
Sal Alembroth, [187]
ammoniac, use of, in fire-works, [184]
in candle making, [191]
ammoniac, [184]
Sal Prunelle, [49], [167]
Saltpetre, the basis of fire-works. See Nitre, [3]
affords oxygen, ib.
decomposed by charcoal, ib.
remarks concerning, [49]
converted into sal prunelle, [167]
refining of, [65]
old process for refining of, [66]
reagents used to determine the purity of, [72]
Dupont's refined, character of, [73]
how obtained in fine powder, ib.
preparation of, for fire-works, ib.
the oldest certain account of, [98]
Caves. See [Nitre].
proportion of acid in, [122]
used in candle-making, [186]
Saracen fire, [549]
Saucissons, [321]
how made, ibid
flying, ibid
how used, [322]
in mining, what, [551]
Scudder, his plan for blowing up the Ramilies, [524]
Scrolls for rockets, [344]
Scented vase, [288]
Scented fire-works, [21], [283]
vase of the Athenians, [21]
fire of the Moldiva Islands, [285]
Schwartz, said to be the inventor of gunpowder, [99]
Schistus, bituminous, [155]
Schœpfer revived magic, [33]
and Cagliostro, tricks of, ib.
Sea lights, [525]
composition for, ibid
Sea fights, how represented, [451]
Sieves, [234]
Seneca oil, [155]
Serpents, nest of, [364]
how formed, [298]
how driven, ibid
composition of, [299]
for pots de brins, ibid
for pots of aigrettes, &c. ibid
why so called, ibid
stars, [301]
their intention, ibid
cases for, ibid
compositions for, ibid
of two kinds, ibid
how moulded, [302]
how primed, ibid
theory of their effect, ibid
whirling, ibid
principle of the, ibid
how charged, ibid
Ship, fire, [507]
preparation of a, [507]
Shells, paper, how made, [245]
fuses for, [481]
loading of, [484]
Shining marrons, [320]
Shrapnel shell, [559]
Siemienowicz, Casimir, his fire-rain, [560]
Signal rockets, [347]
Silliman, professor, his fulminating silver, [175]
Silver rain, composition of, [272]
what, [18]
fulminating, [173]
Size, [215]
Skin, the, how made callous, [36]
Sky-rocket, see [Rocket].
Smoke ball, composition of the, [507]
Snakes, how tamed, (note.) [35]
destroyed in India, (note.) ib.
fangs of, what, (note.) ib.
Solar phosphori, [437]
the miraculous luminaries, no other than, different kinds of, ibid
phosphorus, Bolognian, ibid
Canton's, ibid
Hanzelet's, ibid
Baldwin's, ibid
Soot, why used in some pyrotechnical mixtures, [145]
of what composed, [146]
of animal excrement furnishes sal ammoniac, ibid
of camels' dung, its use in Egypt, ibid
of oil, and turpentine. See [Lampblack].
Sparks, in rain-fire, [309]
substances, which show in, [312]
Spelter, [196]
Spherical case shot, [559]
Spiral screw, [418]
Spontaneous combustion, [51]
Spouts, fire, [367]
Spirit of sal ammoniac, [185]
Spirits of turpentine, [147]
Spirit of wine, [168]
Spirit lamps, [170]
Spur fire, [9], [267]
composition of, [268]
Spunk, [570]
Standing or fixed cases, compositions for, [389]
Stands, for sky-rockets, [338]
Stahl, his opinion of the composition of nitric acid, [70]
Stars, from artificial flower pots, [10]
simple, [303]
use of, ibid
how prepared, ibid
composition for, [304]
rolled, [304]
how made, ibid
composition used for, ibid
cracking, ibid
are small marrons, ibid
rocket, white, composition of, ibid
blue, composition of, [305]
variegated, composition of, ibid
brilliant, composition of, ibid
common, composition of, ibid
tailed, composition of, ibid
drove, composition of, ibid
fixed pointed, composition of, ibid
of a fine colour, composition for, ibid
of different colours, composition of, ibid
directions for preparing, [306]
another composition for, ibid
which carry tails of sparks, ibid
composition of, ibid
which yield some sparks, [307]
yellow, composition for, ibid
another composition for, ibid
caution in rolling, ibid
different ways of forming, [308]
flaming, with brilliant wheels, ibid
general theory of, ibid
fixed, [313]
scrolls for, [344]
strung, ibid
moulded Mosaic, [382]
flat, [424]
Steam, how used for drying gunpowder, [112], [116], [119]
pipes, what, [112]
latent heat in, (note.) ibid
for boiling dye kettles, (note.) ibid
Count Rumford's experiment with, (note.) ibid
Steel, its use in fire-works, [201]
combustion of, in oxygen gas, [202]
hardening of, [204]
tempering of, ibid
natural, [207]
kind called ferrum candidum, [208]
of cementation, [207]
singular mode of making, in Spain, [208]
blistered, [207]
antiquity of hardening, [208]
shear, [207]
cast, ibid
or iron filings, how preserved for fire-works, [239]
filings, in spur-fire, [10]
produce scintillations, ib.
of what composed, [89]
Stink fire lance, [507]
Stink stone, [155]
Strangling of cases, how performed, [243]
contrivance for, [244]
Strangler, [233]
Streets, lighting of the, a modern invention, [26]
Storax, [162]
Substances, what, required for military fire-works, [228]
pulverization of, [253]
properties of various, known to jugglers, [26]
Submarine navigation, [515]
Succinum, [156]
Succinic acid, [157]
its effect in fire-works, [290]
Suffocating pot, [507]
composition for the, ibid
Sugar, [165]
used in fire-works, ibid
decomposed by chlorate of potassa, ibid
from various substances, [166]
caromel from, by the burning of, [165]
sulphuric acid converts several substances into, [166]
Sulphur, [78]
native, ib.
in the island of Java, ib.
associated with gypsum, ib.
volcanic, [79]
how obtained from ores, [78]
how purified for gunpowder, [80]
mineralizes metals, ib.
from pyrites, ib.
vivum, what, ib.
how recovered, from damaged gunpowder, [72]
from galena, [79]
various means of obtaining, [80]
quantity obtained, from pyrites, [80]
quantity of in metallic sulphurets, [79]
roll, [80]
flowers of, ib.
properties of, [82]
various compounds of, ib.
a constituent part of gunpowder, [83]
mealing of, ib.
how to determine the purity of, ib.
to discover the adulteration of, by oil of turpentine, [84]
milk of, [83]
use of, in preserving iron and steel, [239]
Sulphuret of arsenic, [187]
antimony, [188]
Sulphurets, [82]
Sulphuric acid, ib.
native, in the island of Java, [78]
Sulphurous acid, [82]
Sun cases, [19]
Suns, &c. exhibition of, by the Chinese, [256]
Suns, fixed, [397]
with transparent faces, [398]
with variations, [396]
compositions for the charges, ibid
with rose piece, [399]
Swarmers, [343]
composition for, ibid
Swedish melting house, feats performed at the,
[36]
Sword blades, how ornamented, [205]
[T.]
Table, mealing, [234]
fire, [271]
works exhibited on, ibid
Table rocket, [272]
Table-star, the illuminated, [273]
Tape, detonating, [274]
Tar, how obtained, [147]
Barbadoes, [155]
Morey's experiments with, [148]
Tarred links, [500]
how made, ibid
Tests, their use in discovering the presence of substances, [72]
Thenard's formula for priming powder, [76]
Thenard, respecting nitrous lixivium, [63]
Theophilus, bishop, respecting the statues at Alexandria, (note.) [28]
Thick stuff, of nitre boilers, [57]
Thouvenal's opinion respecting nitre beds, [70]
Thundering barrel, [504]
Thunder bolts, in fire-works, [265]
composition for, [266]
various ways of imitating, (note.) ibid
accompanying the phantasmagoria, how imitated, (note.) ib.
Thus, [148]
used in odoriferous fire, ibid
copallinum, [164]
Tin, sheet, [206]
plate, ibid
Tinder, [570]
Tools and utensils, [228]
Tophania, the female poisoner, [48]
Torpedo, Fulton's, [521]
principle of, ibid
precautions against, [522]
fulminating silver used in the small, [173]
used against the Plantagenet, [522]
Touch paper, [21], [292], [294], [370]
Tourbillons, theory of, [16]
cases for, [245]
how charged, ibid
common, [358]
mosaic, ibid
character of, [359]
mosaic, composition of, [360]
table, [361]
appendages to, ibid
directions for firing, ibid
common, another mode of making, ibid
composition of, for different calibers, [362]
for half inch caliber, ibid
of various sizes, ibid
general rule respecting, [363]
Torches, odoriferous, [289]
compositions for, ibid
used in war, [501]
how made, [502]
Tourteaux, [500]
for what used, ibid
goudronné of the French, ibid
how made, ibid
composition for, according to Bigot, ibid
according to the Strasburg formula, [501]
Tow and hemp, [222]
Towering rocket, [340]
theory of the, [16]
Transparencies, [425]
Tubes, cannon, how inflamed by sulphuric acid, [22]
Tunestrick, his wonderful performance, [34]
his miraculous liquor, [35]
Turpentine, [146]
for what purpose used in fire-works, ibid
spirit of, how inflamed by nitric acid, [51]
decomposes the nitrates, [146]
a component part of the ancient Greek fire, ibid
obtained from different species of the Pinus, ibid
common, from the Pinus Sylvestris, ibid
composed of resin and volatile oil, [147]
Spirit of, how obtained, ibid
Essential oil of, ibid
Venice, from the Pinus laryx, [147]
made artificially, ibid
from the Pinus Maritima, ib.
spirits of, Morey's experiments with, [148]
Turtle, the American, [515]
invented by Bushnel, [516]
intended to destroy shipping, ibid
outline of its construction, ibid
experiments with, [517]
sergeant Lee's adventure with the, ibid
Turf, used in the place of spunk, [572]
inflammability of, [152], [571]
of morasses, some account of, ibid
Tacitus' account of, taking fire, ibid
Gmelin's observations on, ibid
[V.]
Vapour of water accelerates combustion, [432]
preparation of, to form blue flame, ibid
Varnish, [164]
Variegated stars, [18]
Vase, the scented, [288]
composition for the, ibid
Vegetable poisons, their use in poisoning of arrows, [568]
Venice turpentine, [147]
Versailles, fire-works at, in 1739, [257]
Vinegar from wood, character of the, [93]
quantity of the, ib.
apparatus for obtaining the, [95]
Violet match, [325]
Vitriol, blue, its use in fire-works, [222]
Volcano of Lemery, [323]
how made, ibid
theory of, ibid
exhibition of a, in China, [256]
Volute, grand, [417]
[W.]
Wand, Mercury's, [401]
fire, [400]
War-rockets, [526]
of the Asiatics, [262], [529]
Water-squibs, [448]
fire-fountain, ibid
balloons, odoriferous, [446]
compositions for, ibid
mines, [444]
fire-works, [442]
rockets, [18], [443]
of ammonia, [185]
casks, the use of charring, [87]
how preserved at sea, ib.
Water, its presence in fire-works injurious, [8]
weak, what, [64]
strong, in nitre making, ib.
Waterloo crackers, how made, [273]
Watson, the Bishop of Llandaff, his mode of examining gunpowder, [141]
Waved fire, [418]
Wax, artificial, for candles, [51]
Wheels, [19]
Wheel cases, manner of loading, [237]
Wheels, how made incombustible, [240]
Wheel cases, standing and fixed, composition for, [388]
Wheels, slow fire for, [389]
dead fire for, ibid
single, vertical, &c. [391]
plural, [393]
illuminated spiral, ibid
balloon, [394]
fruiloni, ibid
pin, [395]
composition for, ibid
horizontal, how changed to vertical, with a sun in front, [399]
cone, double illuminated, [416]
vertical, on a horizontal table, ib.
decoration of, [418]
single, double, and triple table, [425]
for water, horizontal, [444]
White fire, composition for, [272], [580]
flame lances, [315]
composition of the, ib.
iron of the French, what, [206]
pitch, [147]
Stars, [18]
Whitening of cases, [370]
Whirling serpents, [338]
Wicks, lamp, of amianthus, [26]
Kircher's, ib.
Wild fire, [492]
Will-with-the-Wisp, [85]
Wings, [406]
Women, Roman, their custom with fire, [37]
Wood, charred, [90]
carbonization of, how performed, ib.
improved process for the, [91]
kinds of, for making charcoal for gunpowder, [94]
light, for gunpowder, ib.
heavy, or hard, when used, ib.
raspings of, used in fire-works, [163], [216]
distillation of, [217]
bronzing of, [242]
ashes of, used in fire-works, [192]
tubes of, used by the ancients in fire-works, [262]
how preserved from the weather, [265]
how made incombustible, [241]
colouring of, how performed, ibid
Woolf, Arthur, his steam apparatus, [119]
Wootz, [209]
Worcester, the Marquis of, his destructive machines, [525]
Works, detonating, [273]
Workshop for artificers, [235]
Wrought iron, [206]
[X.]
Xenophon, his account of ancient jugglers, [23]
[Y.]
Yew tree, illuminated, [402]
Yellow fever, supposed cause of, [61]
[Z.]
Zoroaster, the followers of, in Persia, [386]
sacred fire of the, ibid
Zinc, [196]
THE END.