Length of the fuze composition one inch one eighth; four ounce cases drove with star composition three eighths of an inch, and bounced three diameters, sixteen. Two ounce tailed stars, sixteen. Two ounce drove brilliant stars, twelve. Silver rain-falls, twenty. One ounce drove blue stars, twenty: and one ounce cases drove and bounced two diameters, as many as will fill the shell.
Another of Eight-inches.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal powder | 2 | 8 |
| Corn powder | 1 | 12 |
| Powder for the mortar | 9 | 4 |
Length of the fuze composition one inch one eighth; crackers of six reports, ten. Gold rains, fourteen. Two ounce cases drove with star composition three eighths of an inch, and bounced two diameters, sixteen. Two ounce tailed stars, sixteen. Two ounce drove brilliant stars, twelve. Silver rains, ten: one ounce drove blue stars, twenty: and one ounce cases drove with a brilliant charge two diameters and bounced three, as many as the shell will hold.
Another of Eight-inches.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal powder | 2 | 12 |
| Corn powder | 2 | 0 |
| Powder for the mortar | 9 | 0 |
Length of the fuze composition one inch one sixteenth; crackers of six reports, ten. Gold rains, twenty. Two ounce cases drove with star composition half an inch, and bounced two diameters sixteen. Two ounce drove brilliant stars, two ounce drove blue stars, two ounce drove coloured stars, two ounce drove tailed stars, large strung stars, and rolled stars, of each an equal quantity, sufficient for the ballóón.
For a compound Ten-inch Ballóón.
| oz. | dr. | |
| Meal powder | 3 | 4 |
| Corn powder | 2 | 8 |
| Powder for the mortar | 12 | 8 |
Length of the fuze composition fifteen sixteenths of an inch; one ounce cases drove and bounced three diameters, sixteen. Crackers of eight reports, twelve. Four ounce cases drove half an inch with star composition, and bounced two diameters, fourteen. Two ounce cases drove with brilliant fire one diameter and a quarter, and bounced two diameters, sixteen. Two ounce drove brilliant stars, thirty. Two ounce drove blue stars, thirty. Gold rains, twenty. Silver rains, twenty: after all these are put in, fill the remainder of the case with tailed and rolled stars.