A table of charges for sky-rockets in which the charges are adapted
in proportion to the weight of composition contained in each
rocket, after the method of Hanzelet.
Weight of | Powder. | Saltpetre. | Brimstone. | Charcoal.
composition. | | | |
------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------
lb. oz. | lb. oz. | lb. oz. | lb. oz. | lb. oz.
------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------
0 1½ | 0 4 | | | 0 1
or, | 1 0 | 0 1½ | | 0 1½
0 2 | 0 4 | 0 1 | |
or, | 0 4 | | | 0 ½
0 4 } | 1 0 | 0 4 | | 0 4
0 8 } | | | |
or, | 0 3 | 0 10 | 0 1 | 0 3
| 0 10 | 0 3½ | 0 1 | 0 3½
1 0 | 1 0 | | 0 1 | 0 2
or, | | 1 4 | 0 2 | 0 3½
3 0 | | 1 14 | 7 7½ | 0 11
6 0 } | |31 0 | 4 8 | 10 0
7 0 } | | | |
8 0 } | | 8 0 | 1 8 | 2 12
10 0 } | | | |