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Pyrotechny: various designs for fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.
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Pyrotechny: a selection of fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.
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Pyrotechny: various designs for fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.
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Artificial fireworks, improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches; Containing Aigrettes Amber-Lights Balloons Batteries Chinese Fire-Ships Cohorns Cones Crackers Cascades Dodecaedrons Ducks Earthquakes Flights Flyers Fountains Gerbes Globes Gold-Rain Grand Volutes Leaders Lights Mines Matches Mortars Marrons Moons Neptune's Chariot Pots Pumps Rain-Falls Rockets Sea-Fights Silver-Rain Spur-Fire Squibs Stars Sky-Rockets Swans Swarms Thunder in Rooms Towering-Rockets, double and single Tourbillons Trees Water Fire-Works Wheels Yew-Trees, &c. With all their Ingredients, Compositions, Preparations, Machines, Moulds, and Manner to make them, refining Salt-Petre, and to extract it from damaged Gun-Powder, &c. With about 100 of the principal Figures beautifully engraved on Copper Plates. The second edition, corrected. With the Addition of many new and beautiful Fire-Works, and three large Copper Plates. By Captain Jones. Also, Mr. Muller's Fireworks, For Sea and Land Service, His Tables for Sea and Land Cannon, which may save above 100,000?. a Year, by diminishing the Weight of the Guns, the Labour of Men, the Quantity of Powder in charging, from 1-half to 1-3d, 1-4th, and even to 1-5th.
Jones, Robert, Captain.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Pictures
The set for fireworks commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: elevation and plan. Etching by G. Vertue, 1749.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756.Date: Drawn, engrav'd and publish'd 5th. of April 1749, according to Act of ParliamentReference: 2970949i- Books
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Pyrotechny; or complete directions for making and managing artificial fireworks.
Date: 1802- Books
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A new treatise on artificial fireworks. Containing I. The method of refining and pulverising of salt-petre. II. Of extracting salt-petre from damaged gun-powder. III. Of the ingredients used in fireworks. IV. To restore damaged gun-powder to its proper strength. V. Of the compositions for fireworks. VI. Of the proportion of moulds for sky-rockets, wheel-cases, serpents, &c. VII. Of such works as shew themselves in the air. VIII. Of works for the water. IX. Of fixed, moveable, projected, and transparent pieces. The whole illustrated with five copper plates, exhibiting the figures of several pieces of fireworks. By Robert Jones, Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Jones, Robert, Captain.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Pictures
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Yellow, pink and orange fireworks representing a celebration of life as an advertisement for learning about AIDS by INSA, International Services Association in Banagalore. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 677529i- Pictures
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A Chinese street show with fireworks and dragon costumes. Brush drawing by Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 581264iPart of: Chinese processions, public events and daily life- Books
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The art of making fireworks ; to which is added, the history of Guy Fawks and gunpowder plot.
Date: [1820?]- Pictures
Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810's.
Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832.Date: [late 1810's]Reference: 35336i- Pictures
Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810s.
Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832.Date: [late 1810s]Reference: 35338i- Books
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A description of the machine for the fireworks, with all its ornaments, and a detail of the manner in which they are to be exhibited in St. James's Park, Thursday, April 27, 1749, on account of the general peace, signed at Aix La Chapelle, October 7, 1748. Published by orde of His Majesty's Board of Ordnance.
Great Britain. Board of Ordnance.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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A description of the machine for the fireworks, with all its ornaments: and a detail of the manner in which they were exhibited in St. James's Park on Thursday the 27th of April, 1749, on account of the general peace, signed at Aix La Chappelle, October the 7th, 1748. Publish'd by authority of His Majesty's Board of Ordnance.
Great Britain. Board of Ordnance.Date: 1749]- Books
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The newest young man's companion, containing, a compendious English grammar. Instructions to write variety of hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. Letters on compliment, business, and several other Occasions. Forms of indentures, bonds, wills, testaments, Letters of Attorney, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Releases, &c. Arthmetick in all its Branches, in an Easier Way than any yet published; With The art of mensuration. A short and easy Method of Book-Keeping, After the Italian Manner. Likewise a Compendium of Geography, Describing all the Empires, Kingdoms and Dominions, in the whole World. To which is added a Description of the several Counties of England and Scotland, their Produce, Market-Towns, and Market-Days. The art of painting in Oil, colouring Maps, &c. with Water Colours, and Directions for Gilding with Gold or Silver; The Art of Making Artificial Fireworks; Tables shewing Accompts ready cast up: and an English spelling dictionary. Th whole calculated to qualify persons for business, without a master, and illustrated with a map of the world. By Thomas Wise, Accomptant.
Wise, Thomas (Accountant)Date: 1754- Pictures
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A firework display at the entry of Ferdinand Infante of Spain into Ghent, 1636. Etching.
Date: [1636]Reference: 32746i- Books
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The military guide for young officers, containing a system of the art of war; Parade, camp, field duty; manoeuvres, standing and general orders; warrants, regulations, returns; tables, forms, extracts from military acts; battles, sieges, forts, ports, military dictionary, &c. With twenty-five maps and copper plates. By Thomas Simes, Esq. author of the Military Medley.
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.Date: 1776- Pictures
A child's nose, in danger of being destroyed in a firework accident on New Year's Eve. Colour lithograph by SIRE for Stichting Consument en Veiligheid, 1994.
Date: [1994]Reference: 749627i- Pictures
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A black singer in danger of having his career ended by a firework accident on New Year's Eve. Colour lithograph by SIRE for Stichting Consument en Veiligheid, 1994.
Date: [1994]Reference: 749642i- Books
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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford; occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled The barber and fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the Honourable Members / By a Barber.
Date: 1749- Books
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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford; occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.
Barber.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford; occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and the fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.
Barber.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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An address to the Worshipful Company of Barbers in Oxford; occasioned by a late infamous libel, intitled, The barber and the fireworks, a fable, highly reflecting on one of the honourable members. By a barber.
Barber.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions. Shewing 1. How to cleave Money. 2. To make Sport with Cats, Ducks, or Poultry. 3. To hang two Knives on the brim of a glass. 4. To wash your Hands in melted Lead without damage. 5. To make a Sixpence seem to fall thro' a Table. 6. To teach Children to Read by Dice. 7. Divers wonderful Things done by the Loadstone. 8. To catch kites, crows, Mogpies, &c. alive. 9. To catch a Pick-Pocket. 10. To name a Pack of Cards, and not see them. 11. To write Love Letters secretly. 12. Experiments in Drawing, Painting, Geometry, Astronomy, &c. 13. To make variety of Fireworks. 14. To keep Fowl Venison, or any Flesh, sweet a Month. 15 To make a Drink when you cannot relish other Liquors. 16. To fox Fish and Fowle. 17. To make one Candle out outlast three: 18. To preserve Fruit all the Year. 19. To make excellent Plaistering for Ceilings or Wolls. With many other Natural and Artificial Conclusions, affording great Variety of Innocent Sport and pastime. - Adorn'd with above AC curious Cuts. By J. White, a Lover of Art and ingenuity
White, John, -1671.Date: [1715?]- Books
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Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions. Shewing 1. How to cleave money. 2. To make Sport with Cats, Ducks, or Poultry. 3. To hang two Knives on the brim of a Glass. 4. To wash your Hands in melted Lead without damage. 5. To make a Sixpence seem to fall thro' a Table. 6. Teach Children to Read by Dice. 7. Divers wonderful Things done by the Loadstone. 8. To catch Kites, Crows, Magpies, &c. alive. 9. To catch a Pick-Pocket. 10. To name a Pack of Cards, and not feel 'em. 11. To write Love-Letters secretly. 12. Experiments in Drawing, Painting, Geometry, Astronomy, &c. 13. To make variety of Fireworks. 14. To keep Fowl, Venison, or any Flesh sweet a month. 15. To make a Drink you cannot relish other Liquors. 16. To sox Fish and Fowl. 17. To make one Candle outlast three. 18. To preserve Fruit all the Year. 19. To make excellent plaistering for Ceilings or Walls. With many other Natural and Artificial Conclusions, affording great variety of innocent Sport and Pastime. Adorn'd with above 40 curious cuts. By J. White, a Lover of Art and Ingenuity.
White, John, -1671.Date: [1715?]