A Manual of Pyrotechny

About this eBook

Author

Mortimer, G. W.

Title

A manual of pyrotechny : or, A familiar system of recreative fire-works

Credits

Produced by John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TP: Technology: Chemical technology

Subject

Fireworks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58756

Release Date

January 22, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A MANUAL OF PYROTECHNY; — PREFACE. — CONTENTS.
2. 2.Introduction.
3. 3.SECTION I. Of Gunpowder.
4. 4.SECTION II. Materials. — Nitre. — Sulphur. — To purify Sulphur. — Charcoal. — Steel-dust. — To prepare Iron-sand. — Second method. — Oil of Camphor. — Benzoin.
5. 5.SECTION III. Apparatus. — Grinding Machines. — Another method. — Method of Mixing the Ingredients.
6. 6.SECTION IV. Division of Fire-Works. — Touch-Paper. — To make Touch-Paper. — Quick-match. — Composition for the match. — Port Fires. — Composition for Port Fires. — Port Fires for Illuminations. — Leaders, or pipes of communication. — Application of Leaders.
7. 7.SECTION V. Of Single Fire-Works. — Serpents. — Crackers. — Pin wheels. — Stars. — Strung Stars. — Tailed Stars. — Driven Stars. — Rolled Stars. — Sparks. — Another method. — Marroons. — Construction. — Saucissons. — Batteries of Marroons &c. — Gerbes. — Small Gerbes. — Roman Candles. — Chinese Fire. — Composition for Chinese Fire.
8. 8.SECTION VI. Rockets. — Sky Rockets. — Dimensions of Rockets. — Calibre and Weight of Rockets. — Calibre of Moulds. — Remarks on the foregoing Tables. — Preparing the Cartridges. — Filling and ramming the cases. — Directions for filling and ramming. — Preparing and fixing the pots to the head of Rockets. — Table for the Length and Proportion of Rods. — Tables of Composition for Rockets. — To cause a Rocket to ascend in a spiral form. — Towering Rockets. — Honorary Rockets. — Caduceus Rockets. — Signal Rockets. — Table Rockets. — Scrolls for Rockets. — Courantines, or Line Rockets. — Revolving Courantines. — To represent by Rockets various forms in the air. — To cause a Rocket to form an arc in rising. — To fire Rockets without Rods. — Theory of the flight of Rockets.
9. 9.SECTION VII. TABLES OF VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS.
10. 10.SECTION VIII. Compound Fire-Works. — Girandole chests of Serpents. — Girandole chests of Rockets. — Pots des Brins. — Jets of Fire. — Chinese Fountain. — Pyramid of Flower Pots. — Wheels. — A single Horizontal. — Plural Wheels. — Spiral Wheels. — Illuminated Spiral Wheels. — Balloon Wheels. — Ground Wheels. — Horizontal changed to a Vertical Wheel. — Vertical Scroll Wheel. — Remarks on Wheels. — To represent the Fir Tree. — Yew Tree of Brilliant Fire. — Fixed Fire Globes. — Globes which leap or roll on the ground. — Moon and seven Stars. — Suns fixed and moveable. — Composition for representing Animals. — Aquatic Fire-Works. — To make a Fire-Fountain for the water. — Conclusion.
11. 11.FOOTNOTES:

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