Composition for Kitt.
| lbs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosin | 9 | ||
| Pitch | 6 | ||
| Beeswax | 6 | ||
| Tallow | 1 | ||
| For Fire Balls, 1794. | |||
| lbs. | oz. | ||
| Rosin | 5 | 8 | |
| Sulphur | 3 | 0 | |
| Alum powder | 1 | 8 | |
| Starch, Do. | 0 | 8 | |
| Saltpetre | 4 | 6 | |
| Mealed powder | 8 | 0 | |
| Linseed oil | ¹⁄₄ | pint | |
| Oil of spike | 1 | pint. | |
| Bengal Lights. First Composition. | |||
| lbs. | oz. | ||
| Saltpetre | 7 | 0 | |
| Sulphur | 1 | 12 | |
| Red orpiment | 0 | 1 | |
| Second Composition. | |||
| lbs. | oz. | ||
| Saltpetre | 2 | 4 | |
| Sulphur | 0 | 8 | |
| Antimony | 0 | 4 | |
| Orpiment | 0 | 1 | ¹⁄₂ |
| Light Balls. | |||
| Nitre | 40 | parts | |
| Sulphur | 15 | ||
| Antimony | 3 | ||
| Pitch | 3 | ||
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.
| Sulphur | 6 | parts | |
| Nitre | 5 | ||
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 | 60 | parts. |
| Sulphur | 16 | to | 20 | ||
| Antimony | 5 | ||||
| Orpiment | 8 | to | 10 | ||
For Smoke Balls.