Pyrotechny

About this eBook

Author

Practicus

Title

Pyrotechny : or, The art of making fireworks, at little cost, and with complete safety and cleanliness.

Original Publication

London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1873.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, deaurider, 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. 76038

Release Date

May 6, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PYROTECHNY; OR, THE ART OF MAKING FIREWORKS, AT LITTLE COST, AND WITH COMPLETE SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS. WITH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF FORMS AND DIAGRAMS FOR MANUFACTURE AND EXHIBITION .
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INDEX.
4. 4.INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
5. 5.INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS IN SEPARATE PLATES, ON TINTED PAPER.
6. 6.PREFATORY REMARKS.
7. 7.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
8. 8.SCALES AND WEIGHTS.
9. 9.SIEVES.
10. 10.MANUFACTURING. — ROCKETS. — ROCKET-CASES. — ROCKET COMPOSITION. — ROCKET RAMMING. — PRIMING. — ROCKET POT. — ROCKET CONES. — ROCKET STARS. — ROCKET-STICK. — ROCKET STARS (How to Make). — GOLDEN RAIN. — BRILLIANT STARS. — TAILED STARS. — COLOURED STARS. — CRIMSON STARS. — ROSE-COLOURED STARS. — ROSE-COLOURED STARS. — GREEN STARS. — PALE ROSE-COLOURED STARS. — 21. PALE-GREEN STARS. — GOLDEN-YELLOW STARS. — BLUE STARS. — PURPLE STARS. — GOLDEN RAINS. — PORTFIRES.
11. 11.ROMAN CANDLES. — WHITE ROMAN-CANDLE STARS. — YELLOW ROMAN-CANDLE STARS. — GREEK ROMAN-CANDLE STARS. — CRIMSON, ROSE, BLUE, AND PURPLE ROMAN-CANDLE STARS. — ROMAN-CANDLE STARS (To Make). — COMPOSITION FOR ROMAN CANDLES. — ROMAN-CANDLE CASES (To Fill). — CHARGES FOR ROMAN CANDLES. — ARRANGEMENT OF STARS. — PREPARATION OF TOUCH-PAPER. — QUICK-MATCH.
12. 12.GERBES AND JETS OF BRILLIANT, CHINESE, AND COMMON FIRES. — CHINESE AND BRILLIANT FIRES. — CHINESE FIRE. — BRILLIANT FIRE. — COMMON AND SPARKLING FIRES. — BRILLIANT FIRE.—EFFECTIVE COMBINATION.
13. 13.WHEELS OF VARIOUS DEVICES, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL. — COMMON SINGLE TRIANGLE WHEEL. — DOUBLE TRIANGLE WHEELS. — VERTICAL WHEELS. — HORIZONTAL WHEELS.
14. 14.LANCES—WHITE AND COLOURED. — COMPOSITIONS FOR LANCES.
15. 15.COLOURED LIGHTS.
16. 16.TOURBILLONS—PLAIN AND BRILLIANT.
17. 17.COLOURED FIRES. — COMMON BENGAL LIGHT. — 54. WHITE FIRE. — YELLOW FIRE. — GREEN FIRE. — PURPLE FIRE. — RED FIRE. — COLOURED FIRES (To Encase). — COLOURED FIRES (To Fire). — COLOURED FIRES FOR THEATRICAL PURPOSES.
18. 18.CHINESE FLYERS OR SAXONS. — SINGLE SAXON FLYER. — DOUBLE SAXON. — SAXON WHEEL. — SAXON SQUARE.
19. 19.SERPENT MINES. — CRACKER MINES.
20. 20.FIVE-POINTED STAR.
21. 21.EXHIBITION PIECES.

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