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Fireworks - England - Early works to 1800
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New fire-works, at the Prospect Hotel, Hooper's Hill, Margate. Signior Hengler & Co. Artists in fire-works, of Vauxhall, inform the Nobility and Gentry of Margate, Ramsgate, and their environs, that they will exhibit a grand and brilliant display of fire-works, on Thursday evening next, the 7th August, 1800, In a far superior style to any yet displayed in this Place. order of firing. 1. Three Signal Rockets 2. Battery of Maroons 3. A Bengal Fire 4. The Grand Wheel of Boreas, in Blue, White, Green, and Brilliant Fires, surrounded with Brilliant Stars 5. A Grand Battery of Sofison Volland 6. A Horizontal Girandole Wheel, with Roman Candles and Mines 7 A Vertical Wheel in Brilliant Fire, in which will appear a Contact between the Sun and Moon 8. A Flight of Rockets 9. The Grand Star of Malta, in Four Mutations, in Radiant and Brilliant Angelic Pires 10. A Battery of Sofison Volland 11. A Grand Air Balloon 12. A Brilliant Sun, will change six times into at Brilliant Star, and finishes with a Brilliant Glory 13. Les Drous Ballanciers illuminated 14. A Flight of Rockets 15. A Grand Piece of Four Mutations; a Brilliant Sun; a double Etclioger, which forms more than a 100 Circles, and finishes in a fix'd Star 15. The whole to conclude with a Grand Piece of Mechanical Fire-Works, picturesquely displaying the Daemons of Envy in two Snakes opposed to two Butterflies, in their natural and variegated Colours, as drawn by a natural Historic Painter. This Piece is really moveable, and the Snakes will appear as if alive Admission One Shilling each Person. doors to be opened at six o'clock, and the fire-works to begin at nine. Tickets may be had at the Printing Office, Parade, Margate; and at the Bar of the Prospect Hotel. Letters or Orders directed for Signior Hengler, at his Office, facing the Free-Mason's Charity School, near the Obelisk, St. George's Fields, will be duly honored. In case of Bad Weather the Exhibition will be on the next Fine Evening following.
Hengler & Co.Date: [1800]- Books
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A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours : Being receipts and conceits of several natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water. And fire-works of service for sea and shore. Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals, that belong to that art. Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1677- Books
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A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits : Being receits and conceits of several natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water. And fire-works of service, for sea and shore. Whereunto are added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Together with several curious receits of great use, collected out of Alexis, Mizaldus, Wecker, &c. / By John White a lover of artificial conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1689- Books
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A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions; unlock'd and opened, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant houres : Being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of naturall and artificiall conclusions. Whereunto is added variety of recreative fire-works, both for land, aire, and water. Also fire works of service, for sea and shore, very fitting for these warlike times of action. Collected by J.W. a lover of artificiall conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1651- Books
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A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions, unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits : Being receits and conceits of several natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water. And fire-works of service, for sea and shore. Whereunto are added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Together with several curious receits of great use, collected out of Alexis, Mizaldus, Wecker, &c. By John White a lover of artificial conclusions.
White, John, -1671Date: 1689