Composition for Kitt.For Fire Balls, 1794.
lbs. lbs.oz.
Rosin9Rosin58
Pitch6Sulphur30
Beeswax6Allum powder18
Tallow1Starch, ”08
Saltpetre46
Mealed powder 80
Linseed oil¼ pint.
Oil of spike1 pint.

Bengal Lights.

First Composition.
lbs.oz.
Saltpetre70
Sulphur112
Red orpiment08

Second Composition.
lbs.oz.
Saltpetre24
Sulphur08
Antimony04
Orpiment0

Light Balls.
Nitre 40parts
Sulphur15
Antimony3
Pitch3

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.
Sulphur6parts
Nitre5

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 60parts
Sulphur16 to 20
Antimony5
Orpiment8 to 10

For Smoke Balls.
lbs.
Corned powder  10
Saltpetre2
Pitch4
Seacoal3
Tallow1