In this treatise, I have taught the method of rolling, pinching, and filling all sorts of cases, the manner of pulverizing, mixing, and preparing, all compositions used in artificial fire-works; also the method of placing leaders, clothing wheels, fixed pieces, &c. in so plain a manner, that all fire-works may be made without any further instructions. A variety of pyrotechnical representations only depends on the genius of the maker, by fixing different cases and fires on works of various forms, of which there are many more.
But as those I have given are the principal, I shall conclude, till I have an opportunity of extending this work, which will depend on the approbation it meets with.
FINIS.
[1] A line is the twelfth part of an inch.
[2] Traité des feux d’artifice, par M. F***.
[3] The nipple and cylinder to bear the same proportion as those for rockets.
[4] A round bit of brass, equal in length to the nick of the case, and flat at the top.
[5] A copper scoop with a wooden handle.
[6] A piece of hard wood in the form of an anvil block.