Saltpetre 4 parts, meal powder 6 parts, and sulphur 3 parts. The composition to be moistened with linseed oil.
SLOW FIRE FOR WHEELS.
Saltpetre 4 parts, sulphur 2 parts, and meal powder 2 parts.
DEAD FIRE FOR WHEELS.
Saltpetre 5 parts, sulphur 1 part, lapis calaminaris 1 part, and antimony 1 part.
CAUTIONS.
Such are the principles and methods by which fireworks may be made; but we would advise our young friends to be very cautious, and never to attempt making any fireworks by candle-light; always to select some outhouse for their operations; to see that no iron or steel implements are about the place in which their fireworks are being manufactured, or they may go off before they wish it; to use wooden or brass implements in the bruising, grinding, and sifting of their mixtures; and never to bring the fireworks, or any of their ingredients, into the dwelling-house, or they may suddenly receive a
“Heavy blow and great discouragement.”