Part 4 — INDEX.

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A. Accension of glace inflammable, 40 Accension of spirit of turpentine, 51 Accension of phosphuretted hydrogen gas, 85 Accension, spontaneous, remarks on, 288 Acid of borax, use of, in fire-works, 227 Aigrette, pots of, 363 why so named, ibid Air works, 347 Alcohol, 168 the flame of, how coloured, 20, 269 its compound with water, &c. 169 its use in fire-works, 168 its proof, or strength, how ascertained, 170 used in the preparation of fulminating mercury, ibid burns without smoke, ibid Alexander the Great, surprised with the effects of naphtha, 32, 153 Albertus Magnus, published an account of the ordeal by fire, 38 on the Greek fire, 98 Amadou; see Pyrotechnical sponge. Amber, 156 used in odoriferous fire, 157 found in the United States, ibid black; see Jet. Ambergris, ibid American Turtle, what, 515 Ammonia, muriate of, 184 Analysis of gunpowder, in what it consists, 140 Ancients, fire-works of the, 261 as exhibited in theatres, ibid made chiefly in wooden tubes, 262 illuminated on birth days, 428 Anelzin, Constantine, supposed to have invented gunpowder, 99 Animal poisons, for what used, 568 Animalcula, 34 Anglesea, Island of, furnishes sulphur from copper pyrites, 80 Antimony, 188 Antioch, had some public lamps, note. 428 Anna Commena, her formula for Greek fire, 98 Aphlogistic lamp, 170 with camphor, 171 Aquatic fire-works, 21, 442 Aquafortis, 49 Archbishop of Magdeburg had nitre districts, 52 Arrow, poisoned, 567 Archbishop of Triers, granted privileges for searching for nitre, 53 Artifice of destruction, 267 Artificial nitre beds, 69 Artificial flower pot, 10 Artillery, how fired by sulphuric acid, 75 match, 471 rod, 474 Arsenic, sulphurets of, 187 Arrows, used to attract lightning, 31 Asbestus, or Amianthus, wicks of, 26 Ashes, wood, 192 Asphaltum, 155 used as a cement, ibid Aurum Musivum, 200 Auger rammer, what, 238 size of, for boring rockets, ibid Auget in mining, what, 551 Automatons of fire, 419 Aurora, composition for, 272 Azote, iodide of, a fulminating compound, 177 in nitre beds, furnished by animal matter, 70 quantity of, in nitric acid, 122 disengaged from gunpowder, ibid quantity of, disengaged from powder, 123 exists in miasmata, 60 carburet of, in miasmata, 61 different combinations of, ib. B. Bacon, Roger, 98 received his knowledge of gunpowder, ib. his work, containing the composition of powder, ib. his opinion of the manner the Midianites were defeated, ib. knew gunpowder before Schwartz, 99 Balls, incendiary, 92 smoke, 449 stink, ibid poisoned, ibid inflammable, 577 red-hot, 449 Balloon wheels, 394 Balloons of grenades, bombs and stone, 559 Coehorn, 351 Republican, 352 of serpents, 353 of crackers and marrons, 352 compound, ibid eight-inch, &c. 353 ten-inch, &c. 354 observations on, 355 Table respecting, 356 Mortars for the charge of, ibid fuses of, 354 composition for the, 358 cases for, 245 Barbadoes tar, 155 Barras, 148 Bar-Cochebra, the rabbi, his deceptions on the Jews, 31 Barrow's account of Asiatic fire-works, 255 the nitre caves of Africa, 58 Battle of the kegs, 523 Batteries of Roman candles, 406 Mosaic candles, ibid Bavins, for fire-ships, 509 composition for, ibid Beckman, his remarks concerning jugglers, 27 Bengal lights, 377 Benzoin, 161 Benzoic acid, ibid Benzoin, why used in fire-works, 162 flowers of, ibid Berard, his improvement in refining nitre, 67 Berthollet, proposed chlorate of potassa for gunpowder, 76 his fulminating silver, 174 Bergamot, the essence of, used in odoriferous flambeaux, 288 Bigot, his observations on rockets, 540 Bistre, how prepared from wood-soot, 146 Bitumen, elastic, 155 solid, ibid Black, ivory, 90 Black lead, 209 Black amber, 157 Blue vitriol, 222 Blue stars, 18 Boat, plunging, 514 Bodington, invented a machine to prove powder, 139 Bologna phial, 214 Bones, charring of, 94 Bone and ivory, 220 Borello, his process for regeneration, 34 Bottle, phosphoric fire, 85 Bombs, howitzes and grenades, 487 tables respecting, 489 incendiary, of Ruggeri, 537 composition of, 556 where said to have been invented, 504 succouring, an account of Bell's, 544 Brass, 197 Brand, fire, 574 Brick, economical, 577 Brilliant stars, 18 fire, 271 Brins, pots de, 364 Brimstone, 78 roll, 80 how obtained, ib. how to determine its purity, 83 flowers of, 82 Browning of gun barrels, 204 Browne, Dr. on nitre caves, 54, 55, 58 Bronze, 198 Brongniart's directions for refining saltpetre, 62 Brugnatelli's fulminating silver, 174 Bullock's blood, paste made with, 253 Burgundy pitch, 147 Burning barrel, 503 composition for the, 504 Byzantium, illumination of, 24 C. Cabinet de composition, 235 Cadet, his mode of discharging guns, 477 Caduceus rocket, 341 Cagliostro, the imposter, 33 his pretensions to the miraculous, ib. his phial, ib. Cardan's account of his phial, ib. Cæsalpinus, his comment on Aristotle, 34 Callinicus, the inventor of the Greek fire, 544, 548 Calamine stone, 195 Calcareous caverns mostly contain nitre, 54 Caligula, caused Rome to be illuminated, 24, 428 Camphor, 157 used in candle-making, 159 obtained from the Laurus Camphora, 158 crude, how refined, ibid properties of, 158 use of, in fire-works, 160 the flame produced by, ibid Candles, Roman, 380 cases for, and effect of, ibid manner of charging the, ibid manner of firing, ibid Mosaic, 381 duration of, 439 light of, ibid Ure's experiments on, ibid Cannon, history of, 456 how originally made, 457 different kinds of, 459 opinions respecting, 458 Carbon, gaseous oxide of, 89 different combinations of, ib. quantity in different coals, how ascertained, 151 Carbonic acid, 88 Carbonic oxide gas, 89 Carburetted hydrogen gas, ib. Cartwright's fire-works, 20 Caromel, 165 Carbonate of Ammonia, 185 zinc, impure, 195 potassa, 189 Castera's Plunging boat, some account of, 514 Caprices, 400 cracking, 407 Cascades of fire, 404 Carney, M. his process for gunpowder, 110 Carcass rocket, 530 Carcasses, 492 how made, 493 table of the dimensions of, 494 uses of, 492 composition of, 494 a general rule for their preparation, 495 composition for covering, 496 how discharged from mortars, 497 inextinguishable, 493 Cartridges, 462 musket, 464 cannon, 467 used in seiges, what kind of, 466 cost of, in France, ibid ball for, calculations respecting, 463 dimensions of the sacks for, 468 cannon, of what composed, ibid table relative to, 469 Bigot's table on the charge of powder for, 471 Cases, when drove solid, observations on, 237 how distinguished by their diameters, ibid charging of, without moulds, ibid nipples for, ibid when charged solid, how bored, 238 rolled wet, for wheels and fixed pieces, 244 for turning pieces, of what length, 245 for Roman candles, ibid for serpents, ibid for fixed stars, ibid tourbillon, ibid balloon, how made, ibid for illumination port-fires, 246 lances, 247 for common port-fires, ibid paper for, 250 paper, preferred to wooden tubes, 262 used by the Chinese, ibid for reports, 301 for crackers, 300 for fire-pumps, 322 for scrolls, 344 priming of, 370 whitening of, ibid standing and fixed, compositions for, 388 Catamarin, 514 invented by Fulton, ibid Caves, nitre, of the United States, 54 Celsius, his writings against the Magi, 27 Cement, Japanese, 252 Cerasin, 219 Chained rockets, 342 Chaptal, his approval of Carney's process, 110 his observations on saltpetre, 67 Christians in the first century, illuminated, 24, 428 Charcoal, 87 accension of, by nitric acid, 51 from damaged gunpowder, 72 quantity of, for decomposing 100 parts of nitre, 96 used in fire-works, 87 decomposes nitric acid, ib. nitrate of potassa, 96 properties of, 87 destroys the empyreumatic flavour of liquor, ib. burns in oxygen gas, &c. 88 one of the constituents of gunpowder, 89 how made, 90 how made intensely black, 96 for gunpowder, how prepared, 94 wood used for making, 94 Charred pitcoal, 90 Chargers, 231 Characters, used in pyrotechny, 230 Champy, M. his process for gunpowder, 109 Changes, in sun pieces, how effected, 396 Chemical effects in fire-works, 2 changes, ib. Chimnies, different modes of cleansing, 573 Smart's machine for, 574 Chinese fire, 19, 371 works, 255 preparation of the iron for, 201 composition of, as used in theatres, 265 for table works, 272 peculiar art of the, in making fire-works, 255 flyers, 303 cases for, ibid how filled, ibid use of, ibid fountains, 405 paste, how made, 252 iron sand, different numbers of the, how made, 202 Incarville's account of the, 202 Chlorate of potassa, in fire-works, 7 accension by, 22 experiments with, ib. how made, 74 composition of, 75 decomposed by combustibles, 75 and sugar, give fire with sulphuric acid, ib. effects of, with charcoal and sulphur, 76 in lieu of nitre for gunpowder, ib. serious accidents from, ib. proportions of, for powder, ib. powder made with, stronger than the common, ib. powder of, experiments with the, ib. for rockets, 77 how used to discharge cannon, 75 Choaker, 233 Choaking, how performed, 243 contrivance for, 244 Cicero, lamps lighted in honor of, 24, 428 Clay, uses of, in pyrotechny, 193 how prepared for use, 194 Cleaveland, professor, his notices of saltpetre caves, 54 Coal, 149 common, ibid pit, ibid component parts of, ibid character of, ibid what kind of, best for fire-works, ibid surcharged with bitumen, how it burns, 150 American, ibid use of, in the arts, ibid kinds of, ibid quantity of carbon in, how ascertained, 151 why used in fire-works, ibid analysis of, ibid origin of, 152 Coke, 90 ovens, 150 Coehorn balloon, 351 illuminated, ibid of serpents, ibid of crackers, ibid compound, 352 Colophony, 147 Colours, how communicated, 19 Combustion, spontaneous, how occasioned, 323 accelerated or retarded, 1 produces new compounds, 2 products of, ib. of metals, 4 of sulphur with nitre, 49 Common stars, 18 Compositions, remarks respecting particular, 9 how preserved, 235 sundry, for fire-works, tabular view of, 317 effects of particular, 367 for variations, for sun pieces, 396 to preserve the fuses of shells, &c. 485 for dipping curtains, bavins, &c. 511 for priming for fire-ships, ibid for setting fire to fascines, ibid for hoops, fire arrows, &c. ibid for kitt, 512 Condensing syringe, 276 Courantines, or line rockets, 345 Constantius, alarmed at some feats by fire, 31 Constantinople, illumination of, 24 by order of Constantine, 428 Copal, 164 Cornelius, the Rev. Mr. his description of a nitre cave, 58 Corrosive sublimate, 186 use of, in fire-works, ibid Cotton, 219 Counter-mines, 551 Crackers of fulminating silver, 173 how made for fire-works, 300 report of, how caused, ibid Waterloo, 273 Crawfish, process for regenerating, 34 Cramer's experiments on the formation of nitre, 70 Cross-fire, what, 406 Crowns and globes, compositions for, 390 Cruikshank, his process for making fulminating silver, 174 Curtains, for fire-ships, 510 Cyanogen, 89 Cylinders, or rollers, 230 Cyphers in fire, how made, 324 D. Dana, his remarks respecting vapour in combustion, 434 Dart, the inflammable, 574 Dead fire, for wheels, 389 light fuse, 485 Deceptions by fire, various, 30 Decorations for fire-works, 298, 425 Deflagration of nitre with crude antimony, 50 Delian problem, (note), 28 Deliquescent salts in nitre, 38 Desaguliers, his remarks concerning rockets. See Rockets. Destruction, artifice of, 267 Detonation with nitre and phosphorus, 49 Detonations, sundry with chlorate of potassa, 75 sundry experiments to produce, 273 Detonating mixtures with phosphorus, 85 girdle, 274 powder from indigo, 177 tape, 274 oil, 179 works, 273 balls, 274 cards, 275 Devices, variously formed, 324 Diamond, pure carbon, 87 Dodecaedron, representation of, 403 Don Pedro, 99 D'Orval, his account of aquatic fire-works, 272 Dragons, in fire-works, exhibitions of, 266 Driver for charging large rockets, 233 Drying of powder, 112 Duponts, the Messrs. the character of their powder, 73 Dusting of gunpowder, 112 Dung of camels, used as fuel, 218 E. Eau de cuite, 64 Eau forte, ib. Eau faible, ib. Europeans, ancient, their poisoned arrows, 568 Elastic bitumen, 155 aeriform fluids, 6 Electron, 156 Electricity, effects of, on inflammable bodies, 276 Ellibichus, (note.), 428 Empedocles knew the effect of burning glasses, 562 Endless screw, 418 Eprouvette, 138 of Hutton, ibid improved, ibid of Darcy, 76 of Regnier, 77 of Ramsden, 139 Dr. Hutton's opinion of the, 138 Eruption, volcanic, 263 substances which produce, ibid Essence of spruce, 147 Ether, phosphorized, 85 Essential oils, 163 Etoupille of the French, 295 how prepared, 297 Ewel, his patent for making gunpowder, 118 Examination, chemical, of nitre, 72 Exhibition of fire-works, 453 Experiments, sundry, with detonating substances, 273 Extemporaneous fire, 578 various kinds of, ibid by chemical action, ibid Hanzelet's composition for, 579 remarks on, ibid F. Fascines, 501 how made, ibid to what use applied, ibid various kinds of, 501 Feast of the lanterns in China, 25 Feast of the lamps, 427 Feast of the dedication of the Temple, ibid Festum encæniorum of the Jews, 24 Fevers, malignant, supposed causes of, 60 Fight, with small ships, how represented, 451 Fire, feats performed with, 26 works of, general basis of, 19 works, to show in sparks, &c. 20 for rooms, of what made, 21 substances used in, 48 rain, incendiary, 560 composition of, 560, 561 observations on, ibid gave rise to the fire-stone, 562 Greek, 544 of what composed, 545 flasks, 575 stone, what, 205 produced by percussion, 273 works in general, 255 invention of Europe, ibid at Pekin, ibid known in China from time immemorial, ibid Chinese not surpassed by any nation, ibid Barrow's account of the, ibid arrangement of, 256 a system of, what, ibid of inflammable air, 383 Frazier's opinion respecting, 257 ordeal by, 37 works at Versailles and Paris, 257 of the ancients, 261 theatrical, 262 rain for theatres, 264 composition of, 264, 309, 310, 311 in Chinese fire, 265 spur, 267 composition of, 268 works, portable, 271 scented, 283 tables, 271 pots, 365 for ramparts, 575 charge for, 366 brand, 574 pumps, 322 composition for, ibid cases for, how made, ibid how charged, ibid jets, 367 extemporaneous, how made, 578 spouts, 367 compositions for, ibid blue, for parasols and cascades, 369 radiant, ibid green, ibid Aurora, ibid Italian rose, ibid everlasting, what, 154 jets, different appearances of, 370 how used, ibid Chinese, 371 red, 372 cast iron, used in the, 371 iron sand in the, ibid applications of the, 375 has little force, ibid on wheels, its effect, ibid for calibers under ¹⁰/₁₂ths of an inch, 376 for other calibers, ibid for Palm trees and cascades, ibid white, ibid for gerbes, ibid works for exhibition, the arrangement of, 387 how arranged, 453 incendiary, 490 general account of the, ibid number of the, ibid slow, for wheels, 389 dead, for wheels, ibid wands, 400 cascades of, 404 galleries of, 406 globes, 420 crayons, 286 globe, aquatic, 445 representation of figures in, 423 ship, in miniature, 451 for service, 507 preparation of a, ibid uses of a, ibid stores required for a, 510 fire-barrels for a, ibid composition for, ibid stone, 491 its use, ibid of what composed, ibid cautions to be used in making, ibid on what its goodness depends, ibid how made more inflammable, ibid composition of, 492 origin of, 491 composition, used for carcasses; see carcasses. balls, 492 Fire balls, composition of, 494 table on the dimensions of, ibid how they differ from carcasses, 492 composition for covering of, 496 how discharged, 497 a new mode for making, ibid to be thrown by hand, kind for, ibid composition for hand, 498 works, with hydrogen gas, 383 Dillon's exhibition of inflammable air, ibid Cartwright's do. do., ibid flame of hydrogen gas in, how charged, ibid of inflammable air, how executed, ibid their character, ibid imitative, 440 how made, ibid Red, for theatres, 270 Fixed air, 87 suns, 397, 398 cases, 19 Flame, the rapidity of the communication of, 431 of felt, colours of, 435 Reaumur and Schatt's remarks on, ibid of felt, experiment to produce the, ibid coloured, theory of, 436 very remarkable effects of, on living persons, ibid how prepared to produce singular appearances, ibid Flame, changed of different colours, 2, 432 deception by breathing, 30 the, in fire-works, how shown, 264 how extinguished, and made to reappear at the same time, 275 Flambeaux, odoriferous, 288 its use in war, 501 how made, 502 composition for, ibid Flower pot, artificial, of fire, 10 Flowers of sulphur, 82 Flower pots, pyramid of, 402 Flux, black, 50 white, ib. Flyers, Chinese, 303 Fetid carbonate of lime, 155 fire, remarks on, 290 Forsyth, the Rev. Mr. his composition for gunpowder, 23, 75 his invention of a gun-lock, 22 Foudres, what, 265 Fougasses, 554 Fougette, 529 improvement on the, 530 Fountains, Chinese, 405 Frankincense, 148 used in odoriferous fire, ibid Frazier, his opinion on fire-works, 257 Fruiloni wheel, 394 Fuel, economical, 577 Fulminating powder, 50 of Higgins, ib. mercury, 171 of Bayen, 173 silver, 173, 274 balls, ibid, ibid bombs, 173, 275 silver, of Berthollet, 174 of Chenevix, ibid of Silliman, 175 gold, ibid platinum, 176 powder, from indigo, 177 compound, called iodide of azote, ibid oil, 179 silver, entertaining experiments with, 273 Fusion, powder of, 50 Fuses, 481 for shells, howitzes, and grenades, ibid how made, ibid how charged, 482 sundry compositions for, 484 with dead light, 485 composition for the, 486 dimensions of, 487 G. Gallipot, 147 Galbanum, 221 Galleries of fire, 406 Galvanism, detonations produced by, 276 Games at Rome, illuminated at night, 24 Garniture, in fire-works, what, 298 Gases produced in fire-works, 6 character of the, ib. Gas lights, 89 Gases, what, produced by gunpowder, 121 number of, evolved from gunpowder, 122 carbonic acid, &c. quantity from gunpowder, 123 General theory of Pyrotechny, 1 Gerbes, 19 account of, 348 composition for, 349 Gibbs, colonel, his experiments on gunpowder with lime, 556 Girandoles, 407 modification of, ibid chests of, for rockets, 338 Girdle, detonating, 274 Glazing of powder, what, 111 plumbago used for the, ibid Glass, 210 different kinds of, ibid acted upon by fluoric acid, 214 annealing of, ibid uses of, in fire-works, 210 Globes, with their decorations, 419 leaping, 420 composition for, 421 bursting, 420 Globe of compression, 553 Glue, 214 its use in pyrotechny, ibid Gold rain, 310 fulminating, 175 Gracchus, Marcus, 98 Græcus, Marcus, ib. said to have invented gunpowder, ib. Grape shot, how made, 470 Granulation of powder, 111 Grecian illumination, 24 Green match, 324 fire of the Palm tree, 77 Gregory, his summary of Robins's experiments, 125 Greek-fire, 544 invented by Callinicus, ibid used by Callinicus with success, ibid how defined, ibid used at different periods, 545 how made use of, ibid thrown by spouting engines, ibid Beckman's remarks on the, ibid peculiar properties of the, 546 modern imitations of the, ibid La Brocquiere on the, ibid Ruggeri's remarks on the, 547 said to have given rise to gunpowder, 98 recipes for the making of, known to Bacon, ib. a manuscript containing the, and gunpowder, ib. various kinds of, 546 the original, not known, ibid the author of Œuvre Militaire on, ibid recommends a substitute for the, ibid superseded by gunpowder, 547 Grenades, fuses for, 481 how charged, 484 Gums, used in fire-works, 21 contain carbon, 89 Gum arabic, 219 Tragacanth, ibid Gun, repeating, 460 Guns discharged by percussion, 75 Guns, see cannon. Gunpowder, history of, 97 invented in India, 97, 458 invention, how brought to Europe, 97 the Arabians obtained a knowledge of, from the Indians, ib. the use of, forbidden in the sacred books of the Indians, ib. employed in 690 at the battle of Mecca, ib. the Greek fire said to have given rise to, 98 recipe for, in an old manuscript, ib. quality of, 97 the formulæ for of Marcus Græcus, 98 said to have been invented by a German monk, 99 invention of, ascribed to Anelzin, ib. to Schwartz, ib. no mention made of, in the French registers, ib. damaged, nitre extracted from, 72 how examined by reagents, 73 analysis of, in what it consists, 73, 140 made with chlorate of potassa, 76 with chlorate of potassa, effects of, ib. what required to make good, 100 varies in its constituent parts, ibid French formula, for the best, ibid English, proportions used for, ibid government, (British), what, ibid experiments with, at Grenille, ibid proportions for, by different nations, ibid for war, French formula, 102 for hunting, do. do., ibid for mining, do. do., ibid manufacture of, 102 in France, summary of the, 110 improvement in the drying of, 103 glazing of, 104 for making, according to Champy, 109 mills, 104 accidents to, ibid at Frankford, an experiment at, 105 machinery of, ibid charcoal for, according to Proust, 110 Carney's process for making, ibid its power, on what it depends, 120 gases produced by the combustion of, 121 quantity of, 122 Thenard's remarks on the gases from, 121 Proust's opinion of the products of fired, ibid remarks on the combustion of, ibid Granulation of, said to be injurious, 124 fired in a vacuum, the products of, 125 carbonic acid gas from, 121 Robins's experiments with, 125 Dr. Hutton's remarks on, 127 charges of, 129 the velocity of balls caused by, ibid table of the charges, &c. of, 130 Hutton's experiments at Woolwich, with, ibid azotic gas from, 121 proof of, 136 various, ibid comparative, ibid by the eprouvette, 138 strength of, how increased, 140 preservation of, ibid examination of, ibid chemical, ibid marks, what, 136 quantity required to raise a cubic fathom of earth, 552 torpedo; see Torpedo. several modes proposed to increase the force of, 554 experiments of M. L. Maitre, &c. with, 555 basis of fire-works. See Theory of Fire-Works. extinguishing flame with fired, 572 charging of, with a ball, a new mode, 39 how used with ball, without injuring, ib. Tricks with, by jugglers, 40 action and reaction of, against a ball, ib. how put in the repeating-gun. See Cannon. how it acts in extinguishing flame, 572 recommended to scatter water on buildings on fire, 573 inflammation of, by the radiation of heat, 566 cautions in loading guns with, 125 its force increased by confined air, ibid how employed for the splitting of trees, &c. ibid damaged, how the nitre is recovered from, 72 purification of sulphur, for making, 81 mills, spontaneous combustion in, 106 how prevented, 107 Bartholdi's opinion of the, 106 David's plan to prevent the, ibid Gunbarrels, how browned, 204 utility of browning, ibid H. Hanzelet, his extemporaneous fire, 579 Half-moulds, 238 dimensions of, ibid Hare, professor, his remarks concerning flame, 433 Heat, latent, 136 idea of, how formed, ibid in nitric acid, ibid Herodotus, his account of the Egyptian illuminations, 24 of the Egyptian festivals, 427 Higgins, his fulminating powder, 50 improvement on the old, ib. Hirpi, the, jumped through fire, &c. 37 Hippocrates Chias, the discoverer of the Delian problem, (note.) 29 Holy Fire, office of the, 41 ceremonies of the, ib. Honorary rockets, 342 Horse, a, burnt, through a superstitious notion, (note.) 28 Humboldt, his observation on gunpowder for mining, 556 Howard's fulminating mercury, 172 of what composed, ibid how prepared, ibid effects of, 173 Howitzes, fuses for, 481 how charged, 484 Hughes' nitre cave, 54 Hydrogen gas, for fire-works, 20, 383 Cartwright's fire-works with, 20 Dillon's fire-works with, 383 detonation of, in a pistol, 384 Hyperboreans, how they caught the electric fluid, 31 Hyperoxymuriate of potassa, 7, 74 sundry properties of, 75 used for gunpowder, 76 the same as chlorate of potassa, 74 contains a large quantity of oxygen, 75 how prepared, 74 basis of the pocket lights, 75 I. Illumination port-fires, cases for, 246 lances of, 314 composition for the, ibid of various colours, ibid Illuminations, 23, 425 for what designed, 23 antiquity of, ib. Egyptian, 24 Parisian, ib. by the Ancients, on great occasions, ib. port-fire, composition for, 314 chemical, 439, 523 Illuminating barrel, 503 Illuminated table star, 273 Illuminated spiral wheel, 393 yew tree, 402 figures, sundry, 413 fountain, 439 how produced, ibid Imitative fire-works, 440 Incendiary machines, in war, 462 fire-works, 490 matches, 492 kegs, 523 rocket, 530 rope, 558 composition for, ibid arrows, 566 Incombustible, wheels, &c. how made, 240 Indigo, a fulminating powder from, 177 Indian white fire, 580 composition of the, ibid matches for the, ibid Ingenhouz, Dr. his remarks concerning gunpowder, 120 Inflammable powder of M. Gengembrie and Bottée, 50 Infernal machine, 512 Inflammable ball, 577 air, 20 works, 383 pistol, 384 lamp, ibid dart, 574 Iodide of azote, a fulminating substance, 177 Iron cylinders and cases, why preferred for charring wood, 91 use of, in fire-works, 201 cast, or crude, an ingredient of Chinese fire, ibid pig, or crude iron, 206 properties of, 201 the effect of, in brilliant and Chinese fire, ibid sand of the Chinese, powdered cast iron, ibid chambers of, for fire-ships, 509 their use, ibid some preparations of, 201 theory of the effect of, in fire-works, 202 filings, how preserved, 239 in brilliant fire, 4 Irrorateur, 288 Isinglass, used in composition, 19 its properties, 214 Italian roses, 313 composition for, ibid J. Japanese cement, 252 Jerome, his remarks on the lights of Antioch, (note.) 428 Jessamine fire, composition of, 271 Jet, 156 fire, 367 Jews, festival of, had illuminations at the, 24 Joblonski, his account of the horse condemned at Lisbon, (note.) 28 Julius Camillus, his homunculi, 34 K. Karabé, 156 Kircher, his mirror, 562 Kurtz, his patent for preparing charcoal, 93 L. Laboratory, in Pyrotechny, 228 Laboratory tools, ibid Lampblack, in spur fire, 10 action of, in spur fire, ib. accension of, by nitric acid, 51 how made, 89, 144 origin of the name of, 144 houses, ibid properties of, 145 purity of, how discovered, ibid artificial tannin from, ibid quality of, how improved, ibid durable ink, prepared with, ibid used in printers' ink, ibid a constituent part of Close's ink, ibid Lampadaria, what, 428 Lamptericæ, ibid Lamp, inflammable air, 430 Lamps, kinds of, 429 various patent, (note.) 430 custom of the Turks with, 24 Pococke's account of, in a synagogue, ib. Persian ceremony with, 25 Lances of illumination, 314 sundry compositions for, ibid Lance à feu, composition of, ibid stink fire, ibid slow white flame, 315 composition of, ibid for petards, 318 how made, ibid of service, ibid composition for the, ibid Lanterns, feast of the, in China, 25 Lapis Calaminaris, 195 Lardons, same nature as serpents, 298 Lead, recommended for the preservation of powder, 140 experiments with, for this purpose, ibid cartridges formed of sheet, ibid black, 209 used for the glazing of powder, 111 Leaders, 294, 295 threading and joining of, 294 for small cases, how used, ibid Lee, Sergeant, his account of Bushnel's turtle, 518 his adventure with a submarine vessel, ibid his adventure with a balloon-ship, (note.) 521 Libanus speaks of his native city, on account of the lamps, (note.) 428 Lights, pocket, how made, 22, 75 various kinds of, 315 composition for, ibid common, composition for, ibid red, composition for, 316 sundry compositions of, for different calibers, ibid brilliant, &c. composition for, ibid for all calibers, ibid another, ibid large Jessamine, 317 small Jessamine, ibid tabular view of compositions for, ibid Bengal, 377 composition of the, 378 observations on the, ibid Lightning, the Ancients knew how to attract the, 31 how represented, 267 Lime, promotes the formation of nitre, 53 the carbonate of, the same effect, ib. Lime, 194 its use in fire-works, 195 Line rockets, 345 Linseed oil, 218 Lixivium for slow match, how made, 293 Longchamp, his improvement in refining saltpetre, 67 Lycopodium used in priming powder, 76 imitating lightning, 267 M. Machines, infernal, 512 Magazine, 235 principles of forming a bomb proof, ibid lightning rod for a, 236 access of moisture in a, how prevented, ibid Magic lantern, 44 phantasmagoria with the, ib. Magi, character of the Ancient Egyptian, 27 Mallets, 231 Maltha, 155 Mandrils, 230 Marble, bituminous, 155 Marks, gunpowder, 143 Mariotte, his theory of the flight of rockets, 14 Marrons, 318 made to imitate the explosion of mines, 264 how made, 318 how fired, 319 batteries of, how formed, ibid for service, ibid cubical, ibid figure of the paper, before forming, 320 shining, 320 for what designed, ibid Murdering, 557 Mastich, 163 from the Pistacia lentiscus, ibid used in the scented paste, 164 Matches, in artillery, 471 Match, 292 quick, ibid slow, 293 lixivium for slow, ibid principles with respect to the combustion of, 296 proportion of substances for forming, 297 slow (military), 471 how prepared, ibid rope for, 472 lixivium for, ibid nitre, why used, ibid how polished, ibid another process for preparing, ibid how made at Gibraltar, ibid made of sugar of lead, ibid quick, process of M. Bigot for, 477 different compositions for, 478 of worsted, ibid how made with expedition, ibid rod, artillery, of M. Cadet, 474 experiments with, ibid incendiary, 492 how prepared, ibid phosphoric, 85 wood, 571 paper, 294 for cyphers, blue and green, 324 purple, or violet, 325 Meal-powder, 234 Mealing table, how made, 83 Mealing of brimstone, ib. Medici, house of, bribed to abolish the Academy del Cimento, 28 Mercury, fulminating, 171 Mercury, corrosive muriate of, 186 Metals, used in fire-works, 4 Metallic preparations, some detonate, 23 Metallic copper, how obtained by precipitation, 222 used in fire-works, 223 Meteors, imitation of natural, 325 Meteorolites, 62 Meteoric phenomenon, ib. Mexia, Peter, his remarks on gunpowder, 98 Miasmata, of what composed, 60 produce fevers, ib. produce yellow fever, 60 how destroyed, (note.) 61 kind of, supposed to produce yellow fever, ib. Military Pyrotechny, what, 456 Milk of sulphur, 83 Mine pots, 299 composition of, ibid Mines, and mining, 550 Minerva of Sais, festival of, (note.) 428 Mineral tar, 154 Miracles, 29 Mirrors, powerful effects of, 562 Archimedes employed, with success, 563 Mix, lieut. his unsuccessful attempt with a torpedo, 522 Mixtures, how made for fire-works, 253 Morey, his experiment with nitre and oil, 51 with tar, 433 with rosin and boiling water, 432 Mortars and pestles, 233 paper, 350 to throw aigrettes, 350, 363 Moore, his remarks on rockets, 15 Moon and stars, 421 Mosaic candles, 381 theory and effect of, 17 gold, 200 tourbillons, 358 composition of, 360 simples, 381 how used, ibid moulded stars, 382 composition of, ibid Moses, how he differed from the Magi, 30 rod of, miracles wrought with the, 29 Mother water of nitre, 57 Moulds, for common port-fires, 247 Muriated gunpowder, what, 76 Muriate of Ammonia, 184 Mushet, his remarks on iron, 210 Mutations, a regulated piece of nine, 408 Myrrh, 164 used in odoriferous fire, 165 N. Naphtha, 153 the substance, which burnt Creusa, ibid Alexander the great, surprised at the effects of, ibid used by the Ancients in exhibitions, 154 Hanway's account of, ibid Pinkerton's observations on, ibid grounds, singular properties of, ibid used in the Greek fire, 154 Neptune, how represented in fire, 450 Nitre, 48 fixed by charcoal, 49 used in the formation of gunpowder, 50 its quality, how judged of, by fire-workers, 51 how procured in the East, 52 districts, what, ib. how procured at Lima, ib. regale, in Germany, what, ib. how obtained in Germany, ib. from old walls, buildings, &c. 53 formed with animal and vegetable matter, ib. collected in the East Indies, ib. quantity used in China for fire-works, ib. bed of, at Apulia, near Naples, ib. how obtained in Switzerland, ib. springs, in Hungary, ib. convocation at Paris, of young men, to receive instruction for forming, ib. Caves of the United States, 54 obtained from the soil of tobacco-houses, ib. beds, artificial, ib. how extracted from the nitrous earth of nitre caves, 54, 55 crude, what, 54 earth, what, ib. found in caves in a state of purity, ib. caves of Tennessee, Virginia, and Maryland, ib. cave, a, how discovered, 55 in the grease, what, 56 theory of the process of extracting, 57 crystallization of, ib. rough, ib. rock ore of, how treated, ib. caves, observations on, 59 Brongniart's direction for refining, 62 process for extracting, in France, 63 old process for refining, 66 Chaptal's observations, &c. on, 67 conditions necessary to form, 70 how extracted from damaged gunpowder, 72 how to ascertain its purity, ib. how reduced expeditiously to powder, 73 cubic, 74 caves of Africa, a bituminous substance found there, 58 native, in the nitre caves of the United States, 56 native, of Africa, 58 in the sandstone strata of Africa, ib. caves of Africa, contain animal excrement, ib. in the cave at Nicajack in Georgia, ib. quantity obtained at Nicajack, 59 supposed origin of, at Nicajack, ib. in the cave at Corydon, Indiana, ib. caves of East Tennessee, Kain's remarks on, ib. of the Cumberland mountains, ib. causes which are supposed to form, ib. used in the manufacture of candles, 186 Nitrification, what, 70 Nitrous efflorescence, the ancient scrophula contra lapides, 53 Nitrate of potassa, nitre, or saltpetre, 48 of soda, used in fire-works, 8 of strontia, ib. produces flame, ib. of soda, 73 experiments with, by Bottée & Riffault, 74 of copper, 223 uses of, in fire-works, ibid use of, for matches, ibid preparation of, ibid Nitrates of different bases, may be used in fire-works, 8 all contain oxygen, ib. Nitric acid, 51 how prepared, ib. O. Odoriferous fire-works, general principle of, 21 water balloons, 286, 446 flambeaux, 289 and fetid fire, 290 fire, by spontaneous accension, 288 pastilles, or crayons, 286 vases of the ancients, ibid Odour, classification of, ibid extreme divisibility of, 285 Oils, essential, 163 inflammation of, 51 used in odoriferous fire, 285 Oil of vitriol, 82 Oil, phosphorized, 85 detonating, 179 linseed, 218 why required in boring of rockets, 238 used for the preservation of iron or steel filings, 239 of spike, 156 how prepared, ibid Olefiant gas. See fire-works with hydrogen gas, 89 Ores, many, furnish sulphur by sublimation, 80 how treated to yield sulphur, ib. Orenburg gum, 147 Ordeal by fire, what, 37 Orpiment, 187 Oxygen gas, how obtained from nitre, 49 in nitrates and chlorates, 8 an important agent in fire-works, 2 Oxides, formed by combustion, what kind of, 4 Oxide of copper, in fire-works, 222 how obtained, ibid P. Pagan Priests, conscious of their deceptions, 30 Palm trees, representation of, 401 Paper press, 234 different kinds of, used for cases, 250 how made incombustible, ibid how coloured and glazed, 251 preferred for cases to wood, 262 cases used by the Chinese, ibid touch, or match, 294 mortars, 349 Swedish stone, 250 incombustible, of amianthus, 251 Chinese, ibid observations on, ibid Parasols, Chinese, 405 Paris, fire-works at, in 1739, 257 Paste, 252 patent, ibid Japanese, ibid odoriferous, 287 board, how made, 249 uses of, ibid for fire-works, Chinese mode of making the, 252 Pastilles, or pastes, 286 composition of, 287 Peach-wood, raspings of, 76 Pearl ash, 190 Perchloride of Mercury, 186 Persia, the sacred fire in, 386 grounds of, contain inflammable air, ibid the followers of Zoroaster in, ibid Petard, 298 for war, 505 table of the dimensions of the, ibid Petards, composition for, 506 Petroleum, 154 Payard, M. his burning mirror, 565 Peyre, his remarks confined to gunpowder, 16 Phantasmascope, 47 Phantasmagoria, 44 thunder and lightning with the, 47 Phalaris, bull of; (note.) 28 Philosophical phial, 214 Phlogiston, supposed to have existed in acids, 70 Phosphorus, 84 general properties of, 85 how prepared, 86 Phosphoric matches, and fire bottles, 85 stone, 86 tapers, 85 pencil, 86 ether, 85 oil, ib. Phosphuret of lime, its effect in water, ib. of Wurzer, 86 Phosphuretted hydrogen gas, 85 Piece, regulated, of nine mutations, 408 Pinks, fire, from flower pots, 10 Pin wheels, 395 composition for, ibid Pipes of communication, 443 for fire-works, 295 how joined together, ibid how made, ibid why necessary, ibid Pitch, Jews', 155 how made, 147 use of, in fire-works, ibid a composition of, almost inextinguishable, ibid used in the Greek fire, ibid used in incendiary fire-works, see military fire-works. Burgundy, furnished by the Pinus Abies, ibid white, ibid Plane board, 233 Platinum, fulminating, 176 Pliny, his account of Porsena, 31 of Numa Pompilius, ib. of Tullius Hostilius, ib. Plumbago, 209 Plutarch, his account of Naphtha, 32 Pocket lights, how made, 22, 75 Poisoned arrows, 566 of savages, of what composed, 567 sundry plants for, specified, 568 the Arabs, how they make, ibid of the island of Java, ibid Asiatic, with what poisoned, ibid of the Alps, ibid ancient Europeans, how they made, ibid Polydore Virgil, to whom he ascribes the invention of powder, 99 Polygonal mirror, its effect, 565 Pontiffs, the, considered learning opposed to their views, 28 their arbitrary edicts, ib. bribed the house of Medici, ib. abolished the academy Del Cimento, ib. Port-fire, cases for, 247 length of, ibid origin of the term, ibid how made, by the Strasburg formula, ibid Strasburg, composition of, 248 how generally made, 479 instructions of M. Bigot respecting, ibid composition of, various, ibid usual length of, 480 wet and dry, ibid dry, according to the English method, ibid other compositions for, ibid composition for, according to Ruggeri, ibid Potash, 191 Potassium, ibid Pots des Brins, 364 serpents for, 299 how made, 364 de chasse, 360 fire, remarks on, 365 for ramparts, 575 composition for, 366 of ordnance, 422 how made, ibid how fixed, ibid how discharged, 423 flower, pyramid of, 402 Powder-triers, 138 proof, 136 bags, 503 how made, ibid barrel, ibid of fusion, what, 50 fulminating, ib. inflammable, of Pauly, 577 of what composed, 578 Priests of antiquity, acting as jugglers, 32 Prince Rupert's drops, 214 Priming powder, of chlorate of potassa, 75 tubes, or fuses, 475 formerly made of tin, ibid composed of two parts, ibid reeds, or quills used for, ibid how filled, 476 compositions, sundry for, ibid pewter used for, 475 Prognosticator, a preparation of camphor for a, 159 Proust, his remarks on the charcoal for powder, 110 Prussic acid, 89 Puddling, what, 207 Puffs, 262 composition for, 263 Pulverization of substances, 253 Purple match, 325 Putrefaction of animal and vegetable substances, 70 forms saltpetre, 71 Pyrotechny, 1 general theory of, ib. of the Chinese, 53 Pyrotechnical sponge, 570 mixtures, 1 Pyroacetic acid, 91 how purified for use, 93, 95 Pyric piece, 412 Pyrophorus, 180 of Wurzer, 86 how prepared, ib. Pyrophore of defence, 581 Q. Quick match, 20 how generally made, ib. military, 477 different kinds of, see match. Quicklime, 194 its use in making slow match, 472 R. Radiation of heat, its effects, 565 Rammers, 231 Rampart fire-pots, 575 Realgar, 187 Reagents, chemical, to discover foreign salts in nitre, 72 Recoil of a gun, similar to the recoil of a rocket, 11 Reeds, for fire-ships, 510 Red-fire for theatres, 270 Resins, 148 Thenard's opinion of, ibid Repeating gun, 460 Reports, single, 301 cases for, ibid Rain, silver, composition for, 272 fire, 18 filamentous, 309 how formed, ibid cases for, with what charged, ibid in sparks, what, ibid composition for, 310 gold, composition for, ibid remarks on the, 319 fire, in general, sundry compositions for, 311 falls, and stars, double and single, ibid observations on the cases for, ibid and hail, how imitated, (note.) 266 Rays, composition for, 272 Rice glue, 252 Richardson, his tricks with fire, 36 Ring, a, how suspended by a thread reduced to ashes, 41 Robins, his conclusions applicable to rockets, 16 his experiments on gunpowder, 125 Rochos, on the ashes of toads, 34 Rock saltpetre ore, what, 55 Rockets, gunpowder, &c. causes the ascension of, 11 motion of, how balanced, 12 gases produced by the combustion of the composition for the, ib. principle of the, gives motion to fire-wheels, 11 a missile weapon, ib. used at the seige of Seringapatam, ib. principle, what, 12 employed for explosion and conflagration, 11 theory of the ascension of the, 12 stick, its use, ib. stars, 18 water, ib. charcoal of hard wood for, when used, 94 remarks on charging of the, 231 charging of the, rammers required for, ibid signal, tools required for forming the, 232 table, 272 driving of a, 236 driven solid, or hollow, 236 ladle for charging, 237 blows required for charging of the, ibid for each ladleful of composition, ibid how bored, and machine for boring, 238 taps for, what, ibid bored with a brace and screw bit, 239 cases, how made, 243 cases, Morel's rule for making, 244 length of the, how regulated, 245 and their appendages, 326 flying, ibid uses of, ibid caliber and preparation of, ibid tables, concerning the, 327, 328 different opinions respecting, 327 moulds for, remarks on the, 328 composition for, remarks on the, ibid charcoal used in the composition for, of what kind, 329 compositions for, opinions respecting the, ibid compositions for, ibid according to Morel, 330 to Bigot, ibid tabular view of the, 331 of honour, Chinese composition for, 330 observations on charging of, 331 furniture of, its weight, 332 heads for, how made, ibid sticks for, ibid how measured, ibid piercer, what, 333 rammers, for charging of, ibid formers for the cases of, ibid moulds for, table exhibiting the dimensions of, ibid on the heading of, 334 heads of, why used, ibid experiments respecting, 335 manner of decorating them, ibid decorations used for, ibid sticks, their dimensions and poise, 336 their use, ibid table respecting, ibid how discharged, 337 different modes of discharging, ibid fired without sticks, in what manner, 338 Girandole chest for discharging, ibid how made, 339 fountain of, what, ibid how discharged at the same time, ibid Morel's contrivance for discharging, ibid angle of inclination given to, if required, 340 combinations of, with appendages, ibid fixed on the top of each other, ibid towering, 16, 340 Caduceus, 16, 341 Honorary, 342 Chained, ibid tails of, how made to form an arch, 343 small, or swarmers, ibid composition for, ibid scrolls for, 344 cases for, ibid line, with decorations, 345 signal, 347 water, 443 discharging of, in water, 448 under water, 449 war, 11, 526 Congreve, has iron cases ibid Signal, trimming of, ibid composition for the trimming of, 527 quicklime used in the composition of, (note.) 526 the hollow in, increases the surface that takes fire, 527 sticks of, when large, are bored and filled with powder, 528 Robins's experiments with, ibid height of ascension of, ibid Indian, 529 Congreve, how it differs from the common, 530 contains the propelling power, ibid carries ball, shells, case shot, &c. ibid distance of its flight, ibid carcass, ibid how armed, 533 used at Boulogne and Copenhagen, 531 advantages it is said to possess, ibid range of the largest kind of, 532 kinds used for different services, 533 table concerning the range, &c. of the, ibid how discharged, 535 estimate of the cost of the, 536 French account of the, ibid described by Ruggeri, ibid Congreve said not to be the inventor of the, ibid invented by a naval officer, ibid Ruggeri's publication concerning the, ib. analysis of the, by Gay-Lussac, 531 objections to the, 537 difference between the incendiary and common, 538 murdering, how formed, ibid how discharged, ibid light ball, 539 carcass, the floating, ibid observations on the, 540 Bigot's remarks concerning the, ibid Bigot's tables of the different kinds of, 542, 543 the succoring, 544 Rolling board, 233 Rolled stars, 304 Rome, the forum at, lighted, 428 without public lights, ibid Roman candles, 380 Roses, Italian, 313 composition for, ibid Rose-piece and sun, 399 Rosin, 146 how prepared, 147 Ruggeri, his opinion of chlorate of potassa for rockets, 77 Rumford, count, his improvement in fuel, 577 S. Sacks, for mealing gunpowder, 234 of powder, for pots des brins, 366 Sage, on the spontaneous combustion of charcoal, 107 his remarks concerning gunpowder, 108 Sal Alembroth, 187 ammoniac, use of, in fire-works, 184 in candle making, 191 ammoniac, 184 Sal Prunelle, 49, 167 Saltpetre, the basis of fire-works. See Nitre, 3 affords oxygen, ib. decomposed by charcoal, ib. remarks concerning, 49 converted into sal prunelle, 167 refining of, 65 old process for refining of, 66 reagents used to determine the purity of, 72 Dupont's refined, character of, 73 how obtained in fine powder, ib. preparation of, for fire-works, ib. the oldest certain account of, 98 Caves. See Nitre. proportion of acid in, 122 used in candle-making, 186 Saracen fire, 549 Saucissons, 321 how made, ibid flying, ibid how used, 322 in mining, what, 551 Scudder, his plan for blowing up the Ramilies, 524 Scrolls for rockets, 344 Scented vase, 288 Scented fire-works, 21, 283 vase of the Athenians, 21 fire of the Moldiva Islands, 285 Schwartz, said to be the inventor of gunpowder, 99 Schistus, bituminous, 155 Schœpfer revived magic, 33 and Cagliostro, tricks of, ib. Sea lights, 525 composition for, ibid Sea fights, how represented, 451 Sieves, 234 Seneca oil, 155 Serpents, nest of, 364 how formed, 298 how driven, ibid composition of, 299 for pots de brins, ibid for pots of aigrettes, &c. ibid why so called, ibid stars, 301 their intention, ibid cases for, ibid compositions for, ibid of two kinds, ibid how moulded, 302 how primed, ibid theory of their effect, ibid whirling, ibid principle of the, ibid how charged, ibid Ship, fire, 507 preparation of a, 507 Shells, paper, how made, 245 fuses for, 481 loading of, 484 Shining marrons, 320 Shrapnel shell, 559 Siemienowicz, Casimir, his fire-rain, 560 Signal rockets, 347 Silliman, professor, his fulminating silver, 175 Silver rain, composition of, 272 what, 18 fulminating, 173 Size, 215 Skin, the, how made callous, 36 Sky-rocket, see Rocket. Smoke ball, composition of the, 507 Snakes, how tamed, (note.) 35 destroyed in India, (note.) ib. fangs of, what, (note.) ib. Solar phosphori, 437 the miraculous luminaries, no other than, different kinds of, ibid phosphorus, Bolognian, ibid Canton's, ibid Hanzelet's, ibid Baldwin's, ibid Soot, why used in some pyrotechnical mixtures, 145 of what composed, 146 of animal excrement furnishes sal ammoniac, ibid of camels' dung, its use in Egypt, ibid of oil, and turpentine. See Lampblack. Sparks, in rain-fire, 309 substances, which show in, 312 Spelter, 196 Spherical case shot, 559 Spiral screw, 418 Spontaneous combustion, 51 Spouts, fire, 367 Spirit of sal ammoniac, 185 Spirits of turpentine, 147 Spirit of wine, 168 Spirit lamps, 170 Spur fire, 9, 267 composition of, 268 Spunk, 570 Standing or fixed cases, compositions for, 389 Stands, for sky-rockets, 338 Stahl, his opinion of the composition of nitric acid, 70 Stars, from artificial flower pots, 10 simple, 303 use of, ibid how prepared, ibid composition for, 304 rolled, 304 how made, ibid composition used for, ibid cracking, ibid are small marrons, ibid rocket, white, composition of, ibid blue, composition of, 305 variegated, composition of, ibid brilliant, composition of, ibid common, composition of, ibid tailed, composition of, ibid drove, composition of, ibid fixed pointed, composition of, ibid of a fine colour, composition for, ibid of different colours, composition of, ibid directions for preparing, 306 another composition for, ibid which carry tails of sparks, ibid composition of, ibid which yield some sparks, 307 yellow, composition for, ibid another composition for, ibid caution in rolling, ibid different ways of forming, 308 flaming, with brilliant wheels, ibid general theory of, ibid fixed, 313 scrolls for, 344 strung, ibid moulded Mosaic, 382 flat, 424 Steam, how used for drying gunpowder, 112, 116, 119 pipes, what, 112 latent heat in, (note.) ibid for boiling dye kettles, (note.) ibid Count Rumford's experiment with, (note.) ibid Steel, its use in fire-works, 201 combustion of, in oxygen gas, 202 hardening of, 204 tempering of, ibid natural, 207 kind called ferrum candidum, 208 of cementation, 207 singular mode of making, in Spain, 208 blistered, 207 antiquity of hardening, 208 shear, 207 cast, ibid or iron filings, how preserved for fire-works, 239 filings, in spur-fire, 10 produce scintillations, ib. of what composed, 89 Stink fire lance, 507 Stink stone, 155 Strangling of cases, how performed, 243 contrivance for, 244 Strangler, 233 Streets, lighting of the, a modern invention, 26 Storax, 162 Substances, what, required for military fire-works, 228 pulverization of, 253 properties of various, known to jugglers, 26 Submarine navigation, 515 Succinum, 156 Succinic acid, 157 its effect in fire-works, 290 Suffocating pot, 507 composition for the, ibid Sugar, 165 used in fire-works, ibid decomposed by chlorate of potassa, ibid from various substances, 166 caromel from, by the burning of, 165 sulphuric acid converts several substances into, 166 Sulphur, 78 native, ib. in the island of Java, ib. associated with gypsum, ib. volcanic, 79 how obtained from ores, 78 how purified for gunpowder, 80 mineralizes metals, ib. from pyrites, ib. vivum, what, ib. how recovered, from damaged gunpowder, 72 from galena, 79 various means of obtaining, 80 quantity obtained, from pyrites, 80 quantity of in metallic sulphurets, 79 roll, 80 flowers of, ib. properties of, 82 various compounds of, ib. a constituent part of gunpowder, 83 mealing of, ib. how to determine the purity of, ib. to discover the adulteration of, by oil of turpentine, 84 milk of, 83 use of, in preserving iron and steel, 239 Sulphuret of arsenic, 187 antimony, 188 Sulphurets, 82 Sulphuric acid, ib. native, in the island of Java, 78 Sulphurous acid, 82 Sun cases, 19 Suns, &c. exhibition of, by the Chinese, 256 Suns, fixed, 397 with transparent faces, 398 with variations, 396 compositions for the charges, ibid with rose piece, 399 Swarmers, 343 composition for, ibid Swedish melting house, feats performed at the, 36 Sword blades, how ornamented, 205 T. Table, mealing, 234 fire, 271 works exhibited on, ibid Table rocket, 272 Table-star, the illuminated, 273 Tape, detonating, 274 Tar, how obtained, 147 Barbadoes, 155 Morey's experiments with, 148 Tarred links, 500 how made, ibid Tests, their use in discovering the presence of substances, 72 Thenard's formula for priming powder, 76 Thenard, respecting nitrous lixivium, 63 Theophilus, bishop, respecting the statues at Alexandria, (note.) 28 Thick stuff, of nitre boilers, 57 Thouvenal's opinion respecting nitre beds, 70 Thundering barrel, 504 Thunder bolts, in fire-works, 265 composition for, 266 various ways of imitating, (note.) ibid accompanying the phantasmagoria, how imitated, (note.) ib. Thus, 148 used in odoriferous fire, ibid copallinum, 164 Tin, sheet, 206 plate, ibid Tinder, 570 Tools and utensils, 228 Tophania, the female poisoner, 48 Torpedo, Fulton's, 521 principle of, ibid precautions against, 522 fulminating silver used in the small, 173 used against the Plantagenet, 522 Touch paper, 21, 292, 294, 370 Tourbillons, theory of, 16 cases for, 245 how charged, ibid common, 358 mosaic, ibid character of, 359 mosaic, composition of, 360 table, 361 appendages to, ibid directions for firing, ibid common, another mode of making, ibid composition of, for different calibers, 362 for half inch caliber, ibid of various sizes, ibid general rule respecting, 363 Torches, odoriferous, 289 compositions for, ibid used in war, 501 how made, 502 Tourteaux, 500 for what used, ibid goudronné of the French, ibid how made, ibid composition for, according to Bigot, ibid according to the Strasburg formula, 501 Tow and hemp, 222 Towering rocket, 340 theory of the, 16 Transparencies, 425 Tubes, cannon, how inflamed by sulphuric acid, 22 Tunestrick, his wonderful performance, 34 his miraculous liquor, 35 Turpentine, 146 for what purpose used in fire-works, ibid spirit of, how inflamed by nitric acid, 51 decomposes the nitrates, 146 a component part of the ancient Greek fire, ibid obtained from different species of the Pinus, ibid common, from the Pinus Sylvestris, ibid composed of resin and volatile oil, 147 Spirit of, how obtained, ibid Essential oil of, ibid Venice, from the Pinus laryx, 147 made artificially, ibid from the Pinus Maritima, ib. spirits of, Morey's experiments with, 148 Turtle, the American, 515 invented by Bushnel, 516 intended to destroy shipping, ibid outline of its construction, ibid experiments with, 517 sergeant Lee's adventure with the, ibid Turf, used in the place of spunk, 572 inflammability of, 152, 571 of morasses, some account of, ibid Tacitus' account of, taking fire, ibid Gmelin's observations on, ibid V. Vapour of water accelerates combustion, 432 preparation of, to form blue flame, ibid Varnish, 164 Variegated stars, 18 Vase, the scented, 288 composition for the, ibid Vegetable poisons, their use in poisoning of arrows, 568 Venice turpentine, 147 Versailles, fire-works at, in 1739, 257 Vinegar from wood, character of the, 93 quantity of the, ib. apparatus for obtaining the, 95 Violet match, 325 Vitriol, blue, its use in fire-works, 222 Volcano of Lemery, 323 how made, ibid theory of, ibid exhibition of a, in China, 256 Volute, grand, 417 W. Wand, Mercury's, 401 fire, 400 War-rockets, 526 of the Asiatics, 262, 529 Water-squibs, 448 fire-fountain, ibid balloons, odoriferous, 446 compositions for, ibid mines, 444 fire-works, 442 rockets, 18, 443 of ammonia, 185 casks, the use of charring, 87 how preserved at sea, ib. Water, its presence in fire-works injurious, 8 weak, what, 64 strong, in nitre making, ib. Waterloo crackers, how made, 273 Watson, the Bishop of Llandaff, his mode of examining gunpowder, 141 Waved fire, 418 Wax, artificial, for candles, 51 Wheels, 19 Wheel cases, manner of loading, 237 Wheels, how made incombustible, 240 Wheel cases, standing and fixed, composition for, 388 Wheels, slow fire for, 389 dead fire for, ibid single, vertical, &c. 391 plural, 393 illuminated spiral, ibid balloon, 394 fruiloni, ibid pin, 395 composition for, ibid horizontal, how changed to vertical, with a sun in front, 399 cone, double illuminated, 416 vertical, on a horizontal table, ib. decoration of, 418 single, double, and triple table, 425 for water, horizontal, 444 White fire, composition for, 272, 580 flame lances, 315 composition of the, ib. iron of the French, what, 206 pitch, 147 Stars, 18 Whitening of cases, 370 Whirling serpents, 338 Wicks, lamp, of amianthus, 26 Kircher's, ib. Wild fire, 492 Will-with-the-Wisp, 85 Wings, 406 Women, Roman, their custom with fire, 37 Wood, charred, 90 carbonization of, how performed, ib. improved process for the, 91 kinds of, for making charcoal for gunpowder, 94 light, for gunpowder, ib. heavy, or hard, when used, ib. raspings of, used in fire-works, 163, 216 distillation of, 217 bronzing of, 242 ashes of, used in fire-works, 192 tubes of, used by the ancients in fire-works, 262 how preserved from the weather, 265 how made incombustible, 241 colouring of, how performed, ibid Woolf, Arthur, his steam apparatus, 119 Wootz, 209 Worcester, the Marquis of, his destructive machines, 525 Works, detonating, 273 Workshop for artificers, 235 Wrought iron, 206 X. Xenophon, his account of ancient jugglers, 23 Y. Yew tree, illuminated, 402 Yellow fever, supposed cause of, 61 Z. Zoroaster, the followers of, in Persia, 386 sacred fire of the, ibid Zinc, 196

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE.

Fig. 1.—A. is the entering rammer or driver. It is bored in such a manner, that the whole of the broach, or piercer above the nipple, n, may be admitted. The cavity of the bore is cylindrical, and equal in diameter to that of the foot of the broach. This driver serves to fix the rocket case, over the broach, in the mould G, and to form the cup, o, fig. 10, for receiving the priming.

B. is the driver of the first charge. It is bored in such a manner, as to admit the broach to within two-fifths of the interior diameter of the case, from its base. Its bore is cylindrical, and has the diameter of the broach, at the height of two-fifths the interior diameter of the case.

C. is the driver of the second charge, and admits the broach two-thirds of its length; the diameter of its bore being the same as that of the broach, at one-third of its height.

D. is the driver of the third charge, and admits one-third of the broach; the diameter of the bore being that of the broach, at two-thirds of its height.

E. is the last driver, and is solid; the charge being above the summit of the broach. See page 231.

Fig. 1. and Fig. 6.

Fig. 1. (cont.) and Fig. 6.—The broach or piercer I, fig. 1, (a section of which is represented in fig. 6), is a truncated cone, having a hemispherical summit. The cone is the part from a to b, fig. 6. The diameter of the base of the cone at b, ought to be two-fifths of the interior diameter of the case, and the diameter at the summit, one-fifth, which is also the diameter of the small hemisphere at the top. The height from b to a, ought to be seven times the interior diameter of the case, or 17.5 times the diameter of the base b. The part n, fig. 1, and from b to c, fig. 6, is rounded. Its diameter ought to be that of the interior of the case, and its height, seven-tenths of that diameter. This is called the nipple, and is the part, which gives shape to the cup o, fig. 10. The part m, fig. 1, and from c to d, fig. 6, is cylindrical, and may be made of any height or diameter, provided the latter is not less than that of the cone. It is generally one-twentieth more than the exterior diameter. This part ought to penetrate into the bottom of the charging mould, G, fig. 1, and fit closely, so as to be firm. The part from d to e, fig. 6, is the blade or tongue of the broach. It is rectangular, and enters into the block H, fig. 1, where it is firmly fixed. The size of this part is arbitrary, as well as that of the block H, fig. 1.

Fig. 2.—The Rocket finished.

Fig. 3.—Conical Mandril or Former, for the head of the Rocket.

Figs. 4 & 5.—Head of the Rocket and Pot de fusée.

Figs. 7 & 8.—Mealing table and Mullar.

Fig. 9.—The Rocket case choaked, and prepared for charging.

Fig. 10.—Section of the Rocket, after charging.

Fig. 11.—The Rocket with its stick. For want of room, the stick is represented in two pieces.