This section is from the "Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes" book, by William B. Dick. Also available from Amazon: Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes.
2084. Green Fire for Pots or Stars. Take 7 parts charcoal, 7 sulphuret of arsenic, 42 parts sulphur, 93 parts chlorate of potassa, 250 parts nitrate of baryta.
2085. Lilac Fire for Pans. Take 6 parts black oxide of copper, 20 dry chalk, 25 parts sulphur, 49 parts chlorate of potassa.
2086. Lilac Fire for Stars. Take 3 parts black oxide of copper, 22 parts dried chalk, 25 parts sulphur, 50 chlorate of potassa.
2087. Red Fire. Mix 16 parts sulphur, 23 parts carbonate of strontia, 61 parts chlorate of potassa.
2088. Bed Fire for Stage Effect. Mix 20 parts chlorate of potassa, 24 sulphur, 56 parts nitrate of strontia.
2089. Orange Red Fire. Take 14 parts sulphur, 34 chalk, 52 parts chlorate of potassa.
2090. Purple Bed Fire. Sulphur, 16 parts chalk, 61 parts chlorate of parts, 23 potassa. .
2091. Purple Fire. Take 1 part each of lampblack, red arsenic, and nitre; 2 parts sulphur, 5 parts chlorate of potassa, and 16 parts fused nitrate of strontia.
2092. Pink Fire for the Stage. Mix 1 part charcoal, 20 chalk, 20 parts sulphur, 27 parts chlorate of potassa, 32 parts nitre.
2093. Rose Colored Fire. Take 16 parts sulphur, 23 dried chloride of calcium, 61 parts chlorate of potassa.
2094. Pale Violet Fire. Take 14 parts sulphur, 16 parts alum, 16 carbonate of potassa, 54 parts chlorate of potassa.
2095. Dark Violet Fire. Take 12 parts alum, 12 parts carbonate of potassa, 16 parts sulphur, 60 parts chlorate of potassa.
2096. White Fire for Theatres. Take 2 parts charcoal, 22 sulphur, 76 parts nitre.
2097. White Fire for Pans or Stars. Take 60 parts nitre, 20 parts sulphur, 10 black antimony, 4 parts powdered camphor, 6 parts meal powder.
2098. Marsh's White Fire for Pans. Take 25 parts gunpowder, 36 zinc filings, 46 parts sulphur, 93 parts nitre.
2099. Yellow Fire. Take 16 parts sulphur, 23 parts dried (See No. 2065 (Colored Fires)) carbonate of soda, 61 chlorate of potassa.
2100. Marsh's Yellow Fire. Mix 12 parts charcoal, 149 parts dry (see No. 2065 (Colored Fires)) nitrate of soda, 39 parts sulphur.
 
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