WHITE FIRE.
No. 2.
Nitre 32 parts.
Sulphur 8 „
Regulus of antimony 12 „
Red lead 11 „
This is a French composition, introduced by Chertier, and is remarkable
for its whiteness. It will be found a very useful composition,
possessing a fair reflective power.
WHITE FIRE.
No. 3.
Nitre 24 parts.
Sulphur 7 „
Realgar 2 to 3 „
Antimony 1 part.
This I always find the most serviceable composition on the whole. It
does not possess the intense whiteness of No. 2, but has a slight tint
of blue; and this difference alone would gain it the preference in my
judgment. But it has also a greater illuminating power, and is decidedly
the best composition that I have yet been able to find.
The red lead recommended in composition No. 2 can be purchased in fine
powder, ready for use, at any painter’s or chemist’s shop.