2JO GOLDEN RAIN. 



SECTION VI. 



OJ Sparki. 



SPARKS differ from stars only in their size and duration ; for they 

 are made smaller than stars ; and are consumed sooner. They are 

 made in the following manner. 



Having put into an earthen vessel an ounce of pulverised gun. 

 powder, two ounces of pulverised saltpetre, one ounce of liquid 

 saltpetre, and four ounces of camphor reduced to a sort of farina, 

 pour over this mixture some gum. water, or brandy in which gum. 

 adraganth or gum-arabic has been dissolved, till the composition 

 acquire the consistence of a thick soup. Then take some lint 

 which has been boiled in brandy, or in vinegar, or even in salt, 

 petre, and then dried and unravelled, and throw into the mixture 

 such a quantity of it as is sufficient to absorb it entirely, taking 

 care to stir it well. 



Form this matter into small balls or globes of the size of a pea ; 

 and having dried thf-m in the sun or the shade, besprinkle them 

 with pulverized gunpowder, in order that they may the mpre rea. 

 dily catch fire. 



Another Method of making Sparks. 



Take the saw.dust of any kind of wood that burns readily, such 

 as fir, elder-tree, poplar, laurel, &c. and boil it in water in which 

 saltpetre has been dissolved. When the water has boiled some time, 

 take it from the fire, and pour it off in such a manner that the 

 saw-dust may remain in the vessel. Then place the saw dust on 

 a table, and while moist besprinkle it with sulphur, sifted through 

 a ver) fine sieve : you may add to it also a little bruised gun. 

 powder. Lastly, when the saw.dust has bt-t- n well mixed, leave it 

 to dry, and make it into sparks as above described. 



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SECTION VIJ. 



Of Golden Rain. 



THERE are some flying rockets which, as they fall, make small 

 undulations in the air like hair half frizzled. These are called 

 fusfes chevelues, bearded rockets; they tiuish with a kind of 



