SECTION I.
_Of Salt-petre._ Pag. 1
_How to refine Salt-petre._ 2
_How to pulverise Salt-petre._ 3
_How to extract Salt-petre from damaged Gun-powder._ ibid.
_Of Sulphur or Brimstone._ 5
_How to prepare Charcoal for Fireworks._ 6
_To make Artificial Camphor._ 7
_To make the Oil of Camphor._ 9
_Of Benjamin._ 10
_Of Gun-powder and its Original._ 11
_Of the Composition for Gun-powder of different Sorts._ 13
_To restore damaged Gun-powder to its proper Strength._ 16
_Of Silent-powder, commonly called White-powder._ 19
_To make Silent-powder._ 20
_To make Gun-powder of different Colours._ 21
_To make Gun-powder white._ 22
_To make Powder red._ ibid.
_To make yellow Powder._ 23
_To make green Powder._ ibid.
_To make blue Powder._ 23
_To make Pulvis Fulmanans or Thunder in a Room._ 24
SECT. II.
_Of the Spur-fire._ 26
_The Composition for the Spur-fire._ 28
_Characters, or Significant Signs, for distinguishing
the different Ingredients used in Fireworks._ 29
_How to meal Gun-powder, Brimstone, and Charcoal._ 31
_To prepare Cast Iron for Gerbes, white Fountains,
and Chinese Fire._ 32
_Charges for Sky-rockets, &c._ 34
_For Rockets of four Ounces._ ibid.
_For Rockets of eight Ounces._ ibid.
_For Rockets of one Pound._ ibid.
_For Sky-rockets in General._ 35
_For large Sky-rockets._ ibid.
_For Rockets of a middling Size._ ibid.
_Compositions for Rocket Stars._ 36
_For white Stars._ ibid.
_For blue Stars._ ibid.
_Coloured or variegated Stars._ ibid.
_For brilliant Stars._ ibid.
_For common Stars._ 37
_For tailed Stars._ ibid.
_For drove Stars._ ibid.
_For fixed pointed Stars._ 37
_Stars of a fine Colour._ 38
_Gold Rain for Sky-rockets._ ibid.
_Silver Rain._ ibid.
_For Water-rockets._ 39
_A sinking Charge for Water-rockets._ 40
_For Wheel Cases, from two Ounces to four Pound._ ibid.
_A slow Fire for Wheels._ 42
_A dead Fire for Wheels._ ibid.
_For standing or fixed Cases._ ibid.
_For Sun Cases._ 43
_For a brilliant Fire._ ibid.
_For Gerbes._ 44
_Chinese Fire._ ibid.
_Charges for Tourbillons._ ibid.
_For four Ounce Tourbillons._ ibid.
_For eight Ounce Tourbillons._ ibid.
_For large Tourbillons._ 45
_For Water Ballóóns._ ibid.
_For Water Squibs._ ibid.
_For Mine Ports or Serpents._ 46
_Port Fires for firing Rockets, &c._ ibid.
_Port Fires for Illuminations._ 47
_For Cones or Spiral Wheels._ ibid.
_For Crowns or Globes._ ibid.
_For Air Ballóón Fuzes._ ibid.
_Serpents for Pots des Brins._ 48
_For Fire Pumps._ ibid.
_For a slow white Flame._ ibid.
_For Amber Lights._ 49
_For Lights of another Sort._ ibid.
_For a red Fire._ ibid.
_For a common Fire._ ibid.
_To make an artificial Earthquake._ 50
_A Table of Rocket Charges, taken from Siemienawicz._ 52
_A Table of Rocket Charges, taken from M. F***._ 53
_A Table of Rocket Charges, taken from Hanzelet._ 54
_A Table of Rocket Charges, taken from Henrion._ 55
_A Table of Rocket Charges, taken from Saint Remy,
with improvements by M. F***._ 56
_Remarks on the foregoing Tables._ 57
_Compositions for Stars of different Colours._ 60
_For Stars that carry Tails of Sparks._ 61
_Another sort of Stars, which yield some Sparks._ 62
_For Stars of a yellowish Colour._ ibid.
_Stars of another Sort._ 63
_Of the Colours produced by the different Compositions._ ibid.
_For a white Flame._ 64
_For a blue Flame._ ibid.
_For a Flame inclining to red._ 65
_Of such Ingredients as shew themselves in Sparks when
rammed in choaked Cases._ ibid.
_How to make Cotton Quick-match._ 66
_Ingredients for the Match._ 68
SECT. III.
_Of Sky-rocket Moulds._ 69
_A Table of Dimensions for Rocket Moulds, in which the
Rockets are rammed solid._ 72
_Of Moulds for Wheel-cases, or Serpents._ 73
_How to roll Rockets and other Cases._ 74
_To make Tourbillon Cases._ 78
_To make Ballóón Cases, or Paper Shells._ 79
_Of the Method of mixing Compositions._ 82
_How to preserve Steel or Iron Filings._ 83
_The Method of driving or ramming of Sky-rockets, &c._ 85
_Of the Proportion of Mallets._ 90
_Of the Proportion of Sky-rockets, with the manner of
heading them._ 91
_Of the Decorations for Sky-rockets._ 93
_A Table of Dimensions and Poise of Rocket-sticks._ 94
_The Method of boring Rockets which have been drove
solid._ 96
_Of a Hand Machine used for boring of Rockets instead of
a Lathe._ 99
_The Manner of making large Gerbes._ 101
_Of small Gerbes or white Fountains._ 103
_To make Paste-board and Paper Mortars._ 104
SECT. IV.
_The Manner of loading Air Ballóóns._ 106
_Of Coehorn Ballóóns._ 108
_Of Coehorn Ballóóns._ 109
_Of Royal Ballóóns._ 110
_Of Royal Ballóóns._ 111
_Of eight Inch Ballóóns._ 112
_Remarks on Ballóóns._ 113
_Of eight Inch Ballóóns._ 115
_Of an eight Inch Ballóón._ 116
_Of a Compound ten Inch Ballóón._ 117
_Of a ten Inch Ballóón of three changes._ 118
_To make Ballóón._ ibid.
_Of Tourbillons._ 120
_The Manner of making Mortars, for throwing Aigrettes
and loading and firing the same._ 122
_The Manner of making, loading, and firing of Pots
des Brins._ 125
_Of Pots des Saucissons._ 127
_To fix one Sky-rocket on the top of another._ 128
_Of Caduceus-rockets._ 130
_Of Honorary-rockets._ 131
_To divide the Tail of a Sky-rocket, so as to form
an Arch when Ascending._ 133
_To make several Sky-rockets rise together, in the
same direction, and equally distant from each other._ 134
_Of Signal Sky-rockets._ 135
_To fix two or more Sky-rockets on one Stick._ 136
_Of Sky-rockets without Sticks._ 140
_Of Rain-falls for Sky-rockets, double and single._ 141
_Of strung Stars._ 144
_Of tailed Stars._ ibid.
_Of drove Stars._ 146
_Of rolled Stars._ 147
_Of Scrolls for Sky-rockets._ 148
_Of Swarmers or small Rockets._ 149
_Of the Cause of Sky-rockets rising._ 150
_Of Stands for Sky-rockets._ 151
_Of Girandole Chests for Flights of Rockets._ 152
_Of Serpents or Snakes for Pots des Aigrettes, small
Mortars, Sky-rockets, &c._ 155
_Of Leaders or Pipes of Communication._ ibid.
SECT. V.
_Of Aquatick Fireworks._ 157
_Of Water Rockets._ ibid.
_To make Pipes of Communication, which may be used
under Water._ 159
_Of Horizontal Wheels for the Water._ ibid.
_Of Mines for the Water._ 161
_Of Fire Globes for the Water._ 162
_Of odoriferous Water Ballóóns._ 164
_Of Water Ballóóns._ 166
_Of Water Squibs._ 167
_To represent a Sea-fight with small Ships, and to
prepare a Fire-ship for the same._ 168
_To fire Sky-rockets under Water._ 172
_To represent Neptune in his Chariot._ 173
_To represent Swans and Ducks in the Water._ 175
_Of Fire-fountains for the Water._ 177
SECT. VI.
_To make Crackers._ 179
_Of single Reports._ 180
_Of Marrons._ 181
_Of Marron Batteries._ 183
_Of Line Rockets._ ibid.
_Of the different Decorations for Line Rockets._ 185
_Of Chinese Flyers._ 186
_Of Table Rockets._ 188
_To make Wheels and other Works incombustible._ 189
_Of single Vertical Wheels._ 190
_Of Horizontal Wheels._ 192
_Of Spirali Wheels._ 193
_Of Plural Wheels._ 194
_Of the illuminated Spiral Wheel._ 195
_Of the double Spiral Wheel._ 196
_Of Ballóón Wheels._ 197
_Of Fruiloni Wheels._ 198
_Of Port-fires for Illuminations._ 200
_Of common Port-fires._ ibid.
_Of Cascades of Fire._ 201
_Of the Fire Tree._ 202
_Of Chinese Fountains._ 203
_Of illuminated Globes with Horizontal Wheels._ 205
_Of the Dodecaedron._ 207
_Of the Yew Tree of Brilliant Fire._ 209
_Of Stars with Points for regulated Pieces, &c._ 210
_Of the fixed Sun with a Transparent Face._ 211
_Of three Vertical Wheels illuminated, which turn on
their Naves upon a Horizontal Table._ 214
_Of the illuminated Chandelier._ 216
_Of the illuminated Yew Tree._ 217
_Of flaming Stars with Brilliant Wheels._ 218
_Of Touch-paper for Capping of Serpents, Crackers, &c._ 220
_Of a projected regulated Piece of Nine Mutations._ 221
_To make a Horizontal Wheel change to a Vertical Wheel
with a Sun in Front._ 234
_Of the Grand Volute illuminated, with a projected
Wheel in Front._ 236
_Of the Moon and Seven Stars._ 239
_Of the double Cone Wheel illuminated._ 240
_Of Fire Pumps._ 242
_Of the Vertical Scroll Wheel._ 243
_Of Pin Wheels._ 244
_Of Fire Globes._ 246
_To thread and join Leaders, with the Method of
placing them on different Works._ 247
_The Manner of placing Fireworks to be exhibited,
with the Order of Firing._ 250
CONTENTS to the ADDITIONS.
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To make a Fountain of Sky Rockets 253
The Palm Tree 255
The Rose Piece and Sun 256
Transparent Stars with Illuminated Rays 256
Transparent Table Star Illuminated 257
Regulated, Illuminated Spiriti Piece, with a
projected Star Wheel Illuminated 258
New Figure Piece illuminated with five pointed Stars 259
Star Wheel Illuminated 259
Pyramid of Flower-pots 259
Illuminated Regulating Pieces 260
To fix a Sky-Rocket with its Stick on the top of another 261
New method of placing Leaders 262