The Pyrotechnist's Treasury; Or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks

by Thomas Kentish

Number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Chlorate of Potash	28	17	60	40	25	24	24	25	12
Calomel	12	-	-	-	10	12	12	-	-
Shellac	4	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-
Nitrate of Strontian	4	4	25	14	-	4	-	16	16
Sulphuret of Copper	2	7	20	-	5	2	2	-	-
Stearine	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Sulphur, washed	-	7	35	16	-	-	-	12	2
Chloride of Lead	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Nitrate of Lead	-	-	-	-	10	-	12	1	-
Oxychloride of Copper	-	-	8	12	-	-	-	6	-
Salammoniac	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vegetable black	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
Nitre	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	1
Carbonate of Strontian	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-
Orpiment, or Realgar	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Chlorate of Potash	42	28	48	16	6	16	3	6	26	30	96	24
Nitrate of Strontian	42	14	48	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	24	-
Sulphur, washed	13	-	28	2	1	6	1	3	-	3	-	2
Calomel	12	14	28	7	2	6	2	2	20	8	48	8
Sulphuret of Copper	4	1	40	8	1	-	3	-	3	12	1	-
Shellac	4	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	1
Vegetable black	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black Oxide of Copper	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	1	-	-	-	-
Carbonate of Strontian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	-	-
Sugar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	42	-
Oxychloride of Copper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Stearine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

Colours.	Crimson.	Scarlet.	Green.	Blue.	Yellow.	White.
Nitrate of Strontian	8	6	-	-	-	-
Chlorate of Barytes	-	-	12	-	-	-
Oxychloride of Copper	-	-	-	2	-	-
Oxalate of Soda	-	-	-	-	2	-
Sulphuret of Antimony	-	-	-	-	-	1
Chlorate of Potash	2	4	-	5	4	-
Nitre	-	-	-	-	-	12
Sulphur	2	2	1	2	-	4
Charcoal	1	-	-	-	-	-
Shellac	-	2	3	1	1	-
Calomel	-	4	-	2	-	-
Magnesium-filings	2	3	2	2	1	2

SLOW FIRES, TO BE HEAPED UPON A TILE IN SHAPE OF A CONE, AND LIT ATTOP.

Colours.	Red.			Green.			Purple.		Yellow
Nitrate of Strontian	16	24	108	-	-	-	108	72	20	-
Nitrate of Barytes	-	-	-	16	16	16	-	-	-	10
Oxalate of Soda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5
Sulphuret of Copper	-	3	30	-	-	-	24	3	-	-
Chlorate of Barytes	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
Chlorate of Potash	1	3	12	1	1	-	9	4	2	2
Charcoal, fine	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calomel	-	6	24	-	5	9	24	18	-	-
Sulphur, washed	4	8	39	4	2	7	39	24	4	1
Shellac	-	1	2	-	2	1	2	3	2	6
Vegetable black	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-	-

[INDEX.]

• Air Balloons, [165].
• Air Balls, [124].
• Alum, [13].
• Articles, to Mix, [8].
• Asteroid, or Parachute Rockets, [131].
• Balloons, Fire or Montgolfier, [159].
• Gas, [165].
• Screw-propelled, [80].
• Blow-pipe Experiment, [176].
• Blue Lights, [111].
• Bottles, to Clean, [7].
• Bottomless Pill-boxes, [57].
• Brass, to Lacquer, [4].
• Bursting Powder, [45].
• Caprice Wheels, [139].
• Carriage Bolts, [165].
• Cascade, [142].
• Cases, to Tie on Wheels, [136].
• Cast Iron Borings, to Preserve, [116].
• Charcoal, [46], [49].
• Chenille, [132].
• Chequer Piece, [141].
• Chertier's Copper, [14].
• Chinese Fliers, [83].
• Trees, [69].
• Chondrometer, [158].
• Chopped Stars, [54].
• Clay, [15].
• Coffee Mill, [52].
• Coke, [48].
• Coloured Gerbes, [70].
• Lances, to Prime, [177].
• Comet, [148].
• Compositions required, [44], [68].
• Concluding Remarks, [173].
• Crackers, [98].
• Cracks in Wooden Bowls, [23].
• Crochet Cotton, [29].
• Cup Hook, [167].
• Cut Stars, [54].
• Darning Cotton, [29].
• Devices for Lancework, [115].
• Devil-among-the-Tailors, [146].
• Dextrine Solution, [11].
• Distillation, [173].
• Distress Rockets, [171].
• Drop Piece, [150].
• Dry Pill-box Stars, [54].
• Enveloped Stars, [58].
• Faraday's Example, [183].
• Fire from Wheel to Fixed, [149].
• Five-pointed Star, [83].
• Fixed Cases, [66].
• Flat Weights, to Make, [165].
• Flax, [5].
• Flower Pots, [72].
• Flying Dutchman, [80].
• Frames, [97].
• French Nails, [97].
• Frying Pan, [8].
• Funnel, to Make, [86].
• Furilona Wheel, [139].
• Fuses, [185].
• Galileo's Discovery, [138].
• Garden Sieves, [49].
• Gauge, [2].
• Gerbes, [69].
• Girandole of Rockets, [153].
• Gold Rains, [107].
• Goods-weighing Machine, [158].
• Gores, to Cut, [161].
• Grinding Mill, to Imitate, [152].
• Gum Bottle, [12].
• Brushes, [12].
• Solution, [11].
• Strips, [114].
• Gum-resins, [175].
• Gums, [174].
• Gunpowder, [18].
• Hemp, [5].
• Hitch, to Make, [36].
• Horizontal Wheel, [140].
• Changed to Vertical, [140].
• Jack-in-the-Box, [145].
• Knitting Cotton, [29].
• Lac Solution, [9].
• Lamp Black, [73].
• and Linseed Oil, [73].
• Cotton, [25].
• Lances, [112].
• to Time, [138].
• Leader Pipes, [102], [103].
• Leather Bag, [18].
• Line, or Telegraph Rocket, [146].
• List of Prices, [172].
• Litmus Paper, [51].
• Log-line, [158].
• Magnet, [181].
• Mallets, [6], [39].
• Maroons, or Imitative Cannon, [105].
• Salute, to Fire, [107].
• Meal powder, [18].
• Mines, [143].
• Mortars, [122].
• Nest of Shells, [131].
• Nitrate of Strontian, to Dry, [8].
• Potash, or Nitre, [46].
• Oil Flasks, [124].
• Oils, Fixed, [175].
• Volatile, [175].
• Oxalate of Soda, [51].
• Oxychloride of Copper, [176].
• Paper Weights, [165].
• Parachute, [131].
• Paste, [13].
• Pot, [13].
• Pattern Gore, [160].
• Peacock's Plumes, [108].
• Pearl Streamer, [111].
• Pendulum, Invention of, [138].
• Pigeon, or Fiery Phœnix, [146].
• House, [148].
• Pins for Lustres, [72].
• Pinwheels, [91].
• Pipes, to Join, [102].
• Plait Mill, [99].
• Plaster of Paris, [15], [22].
• Pocket Scissors, [105].
• Porcelain, [48].
• Portfire, [73].
• Holder, [154].
• Prince of Wales' Feathers, [112].
• Pyramidical Piece, [142].
• Quickmatch, to Make—
• Usual Method, [24].
• My New Method, [26].
• Box, [31].
• to Test, [30].
• Quill Scoop, [23].
• Rainbow Wheel, [138].
• Rayonant Star Piece, [141].
• Resins, [174].
• Revolving Globe, [143].
• Rocket, [32].
• Drifts, [38].
• Guide, [170].
• Heads, [59].
• Moulds, [63].
• Proportions, [33], [34].
• Spindles, [37].
• Stars, [53].
• to Fire, [45].
• Rolling Board, [1].
• Roman Candle, [1].
• Bouquets, [152].
• Saucissons, [109].
• Saxons, [81].
• Scales, [155].
• Scoops, [15], [23].
• Screw Eye, [167].
• Hook, [167].
• Ring, [167].
• in Brickwork, [23].
• Scroll Wheel, [141].
• Serpents, [90].
• Seven-lance Star, [179].
• Shell Fuses, [73].
• Shells, Cylindrical, [125].
• Spherical, [117].
• Spheroidal, [124].
• Sieves, [47], [49].
• Silver Rains, [107].
• Slate Slab, [4].
• Slot Tube, [170].
• Slow Match, [24].
• Soap Boxes, [49].
• Solder, How to, [86].
• Spindles for Wheels, [165].
• Spiral Wheel, [142].
• Spur Fire, [73].
• Squibs, [84].
• Star Candles, [111].
• Stars, to Damp, [7].
• Starting Fire, [21].
• Stearine Solution, [10].
• Steel Filings, to Preserve, [116].
• Fliers, for Sportsmen, [80].
• Pen Scoop, [23].
• Steelyard Scales, [155].
• Sublimation, [173].
• Sulphate of Copper, [14].
• Sulphur, to Wash, [50].
• Sulphuret of Copper, [52].
• Sulphuric Acid, [14].
• Tape Quickmatch, [29].
• Slowmatch, [24].
• Touch Paper, [23].
• Tourbillions, [73].
• Triangular Wheels, [135].
• True Lover's Knot, [142].
• Turning Sun, [141].
• Vegetable Black, [73].
• Vertical Wheels, [137].
• Vials for Measures, [13].
• Wasp Light, [178].
• Water Measure, [12].
• Wax Solution, [10].
• Weight of Cast Iron Spheres, [65].
• Leaden Spheres, [65].
• Water, [12].
• for Quickmatch, [27], [177].
• Wheel Cases, [66].
• Windmill Piece, [149].
• Winged Rockets, [168].
• Wire, to render inelastic, [71].
• Zinc Pot, [13].

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