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]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for the author; and sold by J. Millan, near White-Hall; T. Lewis, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; and Richardson and Urquhart, at the Royal-Exchange, MDCCLXV. [1765]
Physical description
xxvi,[2],255,[1]p.,plates : ill. ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T115791
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.