out all the dust, sift what remains with a sieve 
a little larger, and so on with sieves of dif- 
ferent sizes, till the iron passes through about 
the bigness of small bird-shot : your iron 
thus beaten and sifted, put each sort into 
wooden boxes or oiled paper, to keep it 
from rusting. When you use it, observe 
the difference of its size, in proportion to the 
cases tor which the charge is intended ; for 
the coarse sort is only designed for very 
large gerbes of 6 or 8lb. 
9. Charges for sky-rockets. &c. Rockets 
of four ounces. Mealed powder one lb. 
four oz. saltpetre four oz. and charcoal two 
oz. Rockets of eight ounces. I. Mealed 
powder one lb. saltpetre four oz. brimstone 
three oz. and charcoal one and a half oz. II. 
Meal-powder one and a half lb. and charcoal 
four and a half oz. Rockets of one pound. 
Meal-powder two lb. saltpetre eight oz. brim- 
stone four oz. charcoal two oz. and steel til- 
ings one and ahalfoz. Sky-rockets in ge- 
neral* I. Saltpetre four lb. brimstone one lb. 
and charcoal one and a half lb. II. Saltpetre 
four lb. brimstone one and a half lb. charcoal 
one ib. twelve oz. and meal-powder two 
oz. Large sky-rockets. Saltpetre four lb. 
meal-powder one lb. and brimstone one lb. 
Roc kets of a middling size. I. Saltpetre eight 
lb. sulphur three lb. meal-powder three tb. 
II. Saltpetre three lb. sulphur two lb. meal- 
powder one lb. charcoal one lb. 
10. For rocket-stars. White stars. Meal- 
powder four oz. saltpetre twelve oz. sulphur 
vivum six oz. oil of spike two oz. and cam- 
phor five oz. Blue stars. Meal-powder eight 
oz. saltpetre four, sulphur two, spirit of wine 
two, and oil of spike two. Coloured or va- 
riegated stars. Meal-powder eight drams, 
rochpetre four oz. sulphur vivum two, and 
camphor two. Brilliant stars. Saltpetre three 
and a half oz. sulphur one and a half, and 
meal-powder three-fourths, worked up with 
spirits of wine only. Common stars. Salt- 
petre one lb. brimstone four oz. antimony 
four and three-fourths, isinglass a half, cam- 
phor a half, and spirit of wine three-fourths, 
"failed stars. Meal-powder three dz. brim- 
stone two, saltpetre one, and charcoal (coarse- 
ly ground) three-fourths. Drove stars. I. 
Saltpetre three lb. sulphur one lb. brass-dust 
twelve oz. antimony three. II. Saltpetre 
one lb. antimony four oz. and sulphur eight. 
Fixed pointed stars. Saltpetre eight and a 
half oz. sulphur two, antimony one oz. ten 
dr. Stars of a fine colour. Sulphur one oz. 
meal-powder one, saltpetre one, camphor 
four dr. oil of turpentine four dr. 
11. Rains. Gold rain for sky-rockets. I. 
Saltpetre one lb. meal-powder four oz. sul- 
phur four, brass-dust one, saw-dust two and 
a quarter, and glass-dust six dr. II. Meal- 
powder twelve oz. saltpetre two, charcoal 
four. III. Saltpetre eight oz. brimstone two, 
glass-dust one, antimony three-fourths, brass- 
dust one-quarter, and saw-dust 12 dr. Silver 
rain. I. Saltpetre four oz. sulphur, meal- 
powder, and antimony, of each two oz. sal 
prunella one half oz. ’ II. Saltpetre one half 
lb. brimstone two oz. and charcoal four. III. 
Saltpetre one lb. brimstone one-quarter lb. 
antimony six oz. IV. Saltpetre four oz. 
brimstone one, powder two, and steel-dust 
three-fourth oz. 
12. Water-rockets. I. Meal-powder six lb. 
saltpetre four, brimstone three, charcoal five. 
Yol. II, 
PYROTECHNY. 
II. Saltpetre one !fy. brimstone four and a 
half oz. charcoal six. III. Saltpetre one lb. 
brimstone four oz. charcoal twelve. IV. 
Saltpetre 4 lb. brimstone 1 ^ lb. charcoal one 
lb. twelve oz. V. Brimstone two lb. saltpetre 
four lb. and meal-powder four. VI. Saltpetre 
one lb. meal-powder four oz. brimstone eight 
and a half, charcoal two. VII. Meal-powcler 
one lb. saltpetre three, brimstone one ; sea- 
coal one oz. charcoal eight and a half, saw- 
dust three-fourths, steel-dust one-half, and 
coarse charcoal one-fourth oz. VIII. Meal- 
powder one and three-fourths lb. saltpetre 
three, sulphur one and a half, charcoal twelve 
oz. saw-dust two. Sinking charge for water 
rockets. Meal-powder eight oz. charcoal 
three-fourths oz. 
13. Of wheels. Wheel-cases from two 
ounces to four pounds. I. Meal-powder two 
lb. saltpetre lburoz. iron-filings seven oz. II. 
Meal-powder 2lb. saltpetre 12 oz. sulphur 4, 
steel-dust 3. 111. Meal-powder four lb. salt- 
petre one lb. brimstone eight oz. charcoal 
four and a half. IV'. Meal-powder eight oz. 
saltpetre four, saw-dust one and a half, sea- 
coal three-fourths. V. Meal-powder one lb, 
four oz. brimstone four oz. ten dr. saltpetre 
eight oz. glass-dust two and a half. VI. 
Meal-powder twelve oz. charcoal one, saw- 
dust one-half. VII. Saltpetre one lb. nine 
oz. brimstone four oz. charcoal four and a 
half. VIII. Meal-powder two lb. saltpetre 
one, brimstone one-half, and sea-coal two. 
IX. Saltpetre two lb. brimstone one, meal- 
powder tour, and glass-dust four oz. X. 
Meal-powder one li). saltpetre two oz. and 
steel-dust three and one-half. XI. Meal- 
powder two lb. and steel-clust two and one- 
half oz. with two and one-half of the fine 
dust of beat iron. XII. Saltpetre two lb. 
thirteen oz. brimstone eight oz. and charcoal. 
Slow fire for wheels. I. Saltpetre four oz. 
brimstone two, and meal-powder one and a 
half. II. Saltpetre four oz, brimstone one, 
and antimony one oz. six dr. III. Saltpetre 
four and one-half oz. brimstone one oz. and 
meal-powder one and a half. Dead fire for 
wheels. I. Saltpetre one one-fourth oz. brim- 
stone one-fourth, lapis-calaminaris one-fourth, 
and antimony two dr. 
14 Standing or fixed cases. I. Meal-pow- 
der four lb. saltpetre two, brimstone and 
charcoal one. II. Meal-powder two lb. salt-' 
petre one, and steel-clust eight oz. Ilf. Meal- 
powder one lb. four oz. and charcoal four oz. 
IV. Meal-powder one lb. and steel-dust four 
oz. V. Meal-powder two and one-half lb. 
brimstone four oz. and sea-coal six. VI. 
Meal-powder three lb. charcoal five oz. and 
saw-dust one and a half. 
13. Sun-cases. I. Meal-powder eight and 
one-half lb. saltpetre one ib. two oz. stee ! - 
dust two lb. ten oz. brimstone four. II. Meal- 
powder three lb. saltpetre six oz. and steel- 
dust seven and one-half. 
16. A brilliant fire. Meal-powder eleven 
lb. saltpetre one, brimstone four oz. steel- 
dust one and a half. 
17. Gerbes. Meal-powder six lb. and beat 
iron two lb. one and a half oz. 
18. Chinese fire. Saltpetre twelve oz. meal- 
powder two lb. brimstone one lb. two oz. and 
beat iron twelve oz. 
19. Tourbillons. Charge for four-ounce 
tourbilions. Meal-powder two lb. four oz. 
and charcoal four and one-eighth oz. Eight- 
ounce tourbillons. Meal-powcler two lb. and 
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charcoal four and three-fourths oz. Large 
tourbillons. Meal-powcler two lb. saltpet e 
one, brimstone eight oz. and beat-iron eight. 
Fourbillons may be made very large, and of 
different coloured fires: only you have to 
observe, that the larger they are", .the weaker 
must be the charge; and, on the contrary, 
the smaller, the stronger their charge. 
20. Water balloons. I. Saltpetre four lb. 
brimstone two, meal-powder two, antimony 
four oz. saw-dust four, glass-dust one and 
one-half. II. Saltpetre nine lb. brimstone 
three lb. meal-powder six lb. rosin twelve cz. 
and antimony eight oz. 
21. Water squibs. I. Meal-powder one b. 
and charcoal one Ib. II. Meal-powder one 
lb. and charcoal nine oz. 
22. Mine ports or serpents. I. Meal-pow- 
der one lb. and charcoal one oz. II. Meal- 
powder nine oz. charcoal one oz. 
23. Port-frcs. For firing rockets, &c. I. 
Saltpetre twelve oz. brimstone four oz and 
meal-powder two oz. II. Saltpetre eight oz. 
brimstone four oz. and meal-powder two oz. 
III. Saltpetre one lb. meal-powder one and 
one-half and brimstone ten oz. This com- 
po. ition must be moistened witn one gill of 
linseed oil. IV. Meal-powder six oz. salt- 
petre two lb. two oz. and brimstone ten oz. 
V. Saltpetre one lb. four 'oz. meal-powder 
four oz. brimstone five oz. saw-dust eight oz. 
VI. Saltpetre eight oz. brimstone two oz. and 
meal-powder two oz. For illuminations. 
Saltpetre one lb. brimstone eight oz. and 
meal-powder six oz. 
24. Cones or spiral lulled ?. Saltpetre one 
and one-half lb. brimstone six oz. meal-pow- 
der fourteen oz. and glass-du t fourteen oz. 
25. Crowns or globes. Saltpetre six oz. 
brimstone two lb. antimony four oz. and cam- 
phor twooz. 
26. Air-balloon fuzes. I. Saltpetre one lb. 
ten oz. brimstone eight oz. and meal-powder 
one lb. six oz. II. Saltpetre one and one-half, 
brimstone eight oz. and meal-powder one lb. 
eight oz. 
27. Serpents for pots deshrins. Meal-pow- 
der one lb. eigh't oz. saltpetre twelve oz. and 
charcoal two oz. 
28. Fire pumps. I. Saltpetre five lb. brim- 
stone one ib. meal-powcler one and one-half 
. !b..and glass-dust one lb. II. Saltpetre five; 
lb. eight oz. brimstone two lb. meal-powder 
one lb. eight oz. and glass-dust one lb. eight 
oz. 
29. A slow white fame. I. Saltpetre two 
lb. brimstone three lb. antimony one. ib. If. 
Saltpetre three and cne-halflb. sulphur two 
and one-half lb. meal-powder one lb. anti- 
mony one lb. glass-dust four oz. brass-dust 
one oz. N. B. These compositions, driven 
one-fourth inch in a one-oz. case, will burn 
one minute ; which is much longer time than 
an equal quantity of any composition yet 
known will last. 
30. Amber lights. Meal-powder nine oz. 
amber three oz. Tins charge may be drove 
in small cases, for illuminations. 
31. Lights of another kind. Saltpetre 
three lb. brimstone one lb. meal powder one 
lb. antimony ten and one-halt oz. All these 
must be mixed witli the oil of spike. 
32. A red fire. Meal -powder three lb. 
charcoal twelve oz. and saw-dust eight oz. 
33. A common fire. ' Saltpetre three lb. 
charcoal ten cz. and brimstone two oz. 
