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The Pyrotechnist's Treasury Or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks

By Thomas Kentish

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THE PYROTECHNIST'S TREASURY.
"The Secret Out Series."
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE PYROTECHNIST'S TREASURY.
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.
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.
WHEEL AND FIXED CASES.
GERBES.
FLOWER POTS.
PORT FIRES AND SHELL FUSES.
TOURBILLIONS.[A]
- To Make a Tourbillion.
- FOOTNOTES:
SAXONS.
FIVE-POINTED STARS.
SQUIBS.
SERPENTS.
PINWHEELS.
CRACKERS.
- Leader Pipes.
MAROONS.
- Another Method.
GOLD AND SILVER RAINS.
PEACOCK'S PLUMES.
SAUCISSONS.
PEARL STREAMERS.
BLUE LIGHTS & STAR CANDLES, OR STAR LIGHTS.
PRINCE OF WALES'S FEATHERS.
LANCES.
- To Form a Device, Or Design.
- To Preserve Steel Filings, or Cast-Iron Borings.
SHELLS.
- To Make the Shells.
CYLINDRICAL SHELLS.
ASTEROID ROCKETS.
COMPOUND FIREWORKS.
- To Fire a Girandole of 100 Rockets at once.
TOOLS.
TO CONSTRUCT A STEELYARD SCALE.
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.
WINGED ROCKETS.
- To Construct a Slot-Tube, or Rocket-Guide.
LIST OF PRICES.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
FUSES.
INDEX.

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