| Composition for Kitt. | For Fire Balls, 1794. | |||
| lbs. | lbs. | oz. | ||
| Rosin | 9 | Rosin | 5 | 8 |
| Pitch | 6 | Sulphur | 3 | 0 |
| Beeswax | 6 | Allum powder | 1 | 8 |
| Tallow | 1 | Starch, ” | 0 | 8 |
| Saltpetre | 4 | 6 | ||
| Mealed powder | 8 | 0 | ||
| Linseed oil | ¼ pint. | |||
| Oil of spike | 1 pint. | |||
| Bengal Lights. | ||
| First Composition. | ||
| lbs. | oz. | |
| Saltpetre | 7 | 0 |
| Sulphur | 1 | 12 |
| Red orpiment | 0 | 8 |
| Second Composition. | ||
| lbs. | oz. | |
| Saltpetre | 2 | 4 |
| Sulphur | 0 | 8 |
| Antimony | 0 | 4 |
| Orpiment | 0 | 1½ |
| Light Balls. | ||
| Nitre | 40 | parts |
| Sulphur | 15 | |
| Antimony | 3 | |
| Pitch | 3 | |
This composition to be carefully fused, and cast into the shape of balls, which when cold will be sufficiently hard to be fired from a small mortar.
| Composition for Suffocating Pots. | ||
| Sulphur | 6 | parts |
| Nitre | 5 | |
This composition when intimately mixed, to be rammed into wooden boxes, and primed in the usual way.
This composition will answer for fumigation.
| Chinese or White Light. | ||
| Nitre from | 50 to 60 | parts |
| Sulphur | 16 to 20 | |
| Antimony | 5 | |
| Orpiment | 8 to 10 | |
| For Smoke Balls. | |
| lbs. | |
| Corned powder | 10 |
| Saltpetre | 2 |
| Pitch | 4 |
| Seacoal | 3 |
| Tallow | 1 |