This section is from the book "A Practical Treatise On The Fabrication Of Matches, Gun Cotton, Colored Fires And Fulminating Powders", by H. Dussauce. Also available from Amazon: A Practical Treatise on the Fabrication of Matches, Gun Cotton, Colored Fires and Fulminating Powder.
These are formed by filling cylinders of thin writing paper of about an inch in diameter with the mixtures. The length of the cylinder determines the duration of the light The mixture may be moistened and pounded into the cylinder with a wooden rod. After drying, they will then be hard enough to allow of the removal of the paper, and may be further strengthened by being dipped or painted over with mucilage of gum arabic. The cylinders, when finished, are tied to the upper end of sticks fastened in the ground in a vertical position.
The mixtures vary essentially from those used for colored fires.
Saltpetre..... 4 ounces.
Sulphur..... 1 ounce.
Black sulphuret of antimony . 1 "
Sulphuret of antimony . 2 ounces.
Chlorate of potash . . . 4 "
Sulphur..... 2 "t
Oxalate of soda . 1 ounce.
Saltpetre . 140 ounces.
Sulphur..... 45 "
Oxalate of soda . . 30 "
Lampblack • • • • 1 ounce.
Chlorate of baryta • • 2 ounces.
Nitrate of baryta . . 8 "
Sulphur • . . • 1 ounce.
Chlorate of potash . . . 20 ounces.
Nitrate of baryta . . . 21 "
Sulphur..... 11 "
Nitrate of strontia , 25 ounces.
Chlorate of potash . 15 "
Sulphur.....13 "
Black sulphuret of antimony 4 " Mastic.....1 ounce.
Chlorate of potash . . 12 ounces.
Saltpetre . . . . 5 "
Sugar of milk . . 4 "
Lycopodium 1 ounce.
Oxalate of strontia • . 1 "
Chlorate of potash • • . 3 ounces. Sulphur ...... 1 ounce.
Ammoniated copper • . 1 "
Chlorate of potash . . . 12 ounces.
Saltpetre . . . . 4 "
Sugar of milk . . . . 4 "
Lycopodium • • • • 1 ounce. Carbonate of baryta • . 1 "
Chlorate of potash 6 ounces.
(or nitrate of baryta) . . 10 "
Saltpetre..... 6 "
Oxalate of soda . . . . 5 " Powdered shellac . . . 3 "
Green {only after yellow or red lights).
Chlorate of potash • . 2 ounces.
Nitrate of baryta . • 1 ounce.
Sugar of milk • • . 1 "
Nitrate of strontia • • 12 ounces. Chlorate of potash . . 8 " Sugar of milk . 1 ounce. Stearin..... 2 ounces.
 
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