The Pyrotechnist's Treasury

About this eBook

Author

Kentish, Thomas

Title

The pyrotechnist's treasury : or, Complete art of making fireworks

Credits

Produced by Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TP: Technology: Chemical technology

Subject

Fireworks

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40892

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40892

Release Date

September 29, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PYROTECHNIST'S TREASURY.
2. 2."The Secret Out Series."
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.ROMAN CANDLES. — To Make a 5 ⁄ 8 Roman Candle. — To Make a Roman Candle Star. — To Damp Stars. — To Make Lac Solution. — To Make Wax Solution. — To Make Stearine Solution. — To Make Gum Solution. — To Make Dextrine Solution. — To Make Paste. — Roman Candle Scoops. — To Charge Roman Candle Cases. — To Make Touchpaper. — To Make Slowmatch. — To Make Quickmatch. — A New Method.
6. 6.ROCKETS. — To Make a 6 ⁄ 8 Rocket. — To Charge Rocket Cases. — Rocket Stars. — To Make Cut Stars. — Dry Pill-box Stars. — To Fill the Boxes with Dry Colour. — Another Way. — Bottomless Pill-boxes. — Enveloped Stars. — Rocket Heads.
7. 7.WHEEL AND FIXED CASES.
8. 8.GERBES.
9. 9.FLOWER POTS.
10. 10.PORT FIRES AND SHELL FUSES.
11. 11.TOURBILLIONS. [A] — To Make a Tourbillion. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.SAXONS.
13. 13.FIVE-POINTED STARS.
14. 14.SQUIBS.
15. 15.SERPENTS.
16. 16.PINWHEELS.
17. 17.CRACKERS. — Leader Pipes.
18. 18.MAROONS. — Another Method.
19. 19.GOLD AND SILVER RAINS.
20. 20.PEACOCK'S PLUMES.
21. 21.SAUCISSONS.
22. 22.PEARL STREAMERS.
23. 23.BLUE LIGHTS & STAR CANDLES, OR STAR LIGHTS.
24. 24.PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS.
25. 25.LANCES. — To Form a Device, Or Design. — To Preserve Steel Filings, or Cast-Iron Borings.
26. 26.SHELLS. — To Make the Shells.
27. 27.CYLINDRICAL SHELLS.
28. 28.ASTEROID ROCKETS.
29. 29.COMPOUND FIREWORKS. — To Fire a Girandole of 100 Rockets at once.
30. 30.TOOLS.
31. 31.TO CONSTRUCT A STEELYARD SCALE.
32. 32.MONTGOLFIER BALLOONS. — To Cut the Gores. — To Join the Halves Together. — To Paste Two Gores Together. — To Paste the Pairs Together. — To Make the Last Joining. — To Wire the Balloon.
33. 33.WINGED ROCKETS. — To Construct a Slot-Tube, or Rocket-Guide.
34. 34.LIST OF PRICES.
35. 35.CONCLUDING REMARKS.
36. 36.FUSES.
37. 37.INDEX.

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