Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making

INDEX

Abdulla, 15
Aberdeen Line, 174
Abridgments, Patent Office, 165
Absent-minded Beggar, 53
Abusavanani, 11
Accidents, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
Acetate of copper, 145
Adirvedis, 10
Admiralty, 169
Aerial maroons, 109
Aeroplane signal lights, 172
Aix, Island of, 160
Aix-la-Chapelle, 28, 45, 123
Albertus Magnus, 14, 91
Alcohol, 130, 147
Alexander the Great, 6
Alexander II, 46
Alexandra Palace, 38
Alexandria, 48
Alphonso, Duke, 15
Alum, 146
Aluminium, 150, 173
Amber, 140, 146
America, 161
Ammonium chloride, 129, 142
Angelo, Mr., 33
Antimony, 139
Antimony sulphide, 146
Antoine de Lalaing, 15
Antoni, 149
Aqua ardens, 141
„ vitæ, 125, 140
Arabic gum, 150
Arc de Triomphe, 50
Arctic regions, 52
Arsenal, Woolwich, 43
Arsenic sulphide, 10, 146
Arthur’s Seat, 45
Artichauts, 118
Artifices portatifs, 112
Artillerists’ Manual, 149
Artillery bomb, 105
Astley, senior, 36, 37
Avalanche, 50
Augustin, Col., 160
Austrian Government, 161
„ Army, 161
Babington, John, 26, 92, 96, 103, 110, 111, 121, 140
Bacon, Roger, 14, 91
Bagdad, 7
Bags, 110
Bailey, Bill, 53
Balloon, Air, 103
„ Fire, 60
„ Gas, 103
„ Coehorne, 107
„ double and triple, 107
Balloone, 104
Balon, 105
Bate, John, 17, 27, 91, 96, 103, 104, 112, 122, 123, 140, 141
Baton à feu, 117
Battle, Bantry Bay, 49
„ Jutland, 49
„ Nile, 40, 49
„ Trafalgar, 48, 49
„ Tsu-Shima, 49
Beacon, signal, 157
Beaconsfield, 51
Beckman, Sir Martin, 27
Bell, Sergeant, 177
Bell’s Weekly Messenger, 63
Belvue Gardens, 38
Benedict, Oil of, 140
Bengal lights, 120
„ saltpetre, 120, 136
Bergheri, Victory of, 22
Berlin, 159
Bermondsey Spa, 36
Berthollet, 144
Bird scarers, 178
Bismuth, 146
Black antimony, 139
Black Jack, 97
Blackmore, 33
Blaney, Lord, 42
Blantyre, Africa, 55
Blondin, 52
Blowing charge, 114
Blue devil, 97
Blue vitriol, 129
Bobb’s Hall Tavern, 36
Boiled oil, 140
Boleyn, Anne, 16
Bomb, Artillery, 105
„ Firework, 105
„ Rocket, 159
„ Thermit, 172
„ War, 105
Bombardment, Alexandria, 48
„ Canton, 49
„ Sebastopol, 49
Bombay, 39, 55
Bombshell, 15, 103
Bone ash, 146
Bonfire, 24, 58
Bordeaux, 158
Borings, Iron, 98
Boulogne Harbour, 159
Bounced lances, 128
Bounces, 97, 99
Bouquets, 127
Bourne, William, 162
Bow, 161
Boxer, R.A., Lt.-Col., 67, 177
Boxing kangaroo, 52
Boxing match, 51
Boyers, Captain, 160
Brand, Peter, 15
Bridge of Louis XVI, 42
Bright composition, 120
Brilliant fire, 133, 138
Brittany, Duke of, 21
Brock, 34, 36
„ Arthur, 48, 78
„ Charles Thomas, 46, 54, 68
„ C. T., & Co., 166, 178
„ F. A., Wing Comdr., 166
„ William, 33, 37, 46, 63, 115
Brooklyn Bridge, 55
Burglar alarm, 178
Burgundy, Duke of, 21
Burnham, J. L., & Co., 175
Bursting Charge, 108
Burusu, 11
Burying mortars, 87
Cadiz, 160
Caillot, 33, 35
Calaminaris, Lapis, 141
Calcium phosphide, 153
Calcutta, 55
Calcutta Journal, 161
Callao, 160
Calomel, 143
Camphor, 140, 146
Canton, Bombardment of, 49
Cap, Rocket, 96
Caprice, 132, 133
Caps, Percussion, 67
Carbonate of soda, 146
Carcasses, 156
Carpet piece, 127
Cascades, 30, 126
Cases, 71;
Wood, 105;
Turning, 126;
Bamboo, 4;
Rocket, 93;
Cap for, 125;
Iron, 159
Cast iron, pulverised, 141
Cat fight, 52
Cathedral, Salisbury, 50
„ Worcester, 50
Catherine wheel, 118, 119
Cenotaph, 30
Cetewayo, King, 50
Chaillot Barriere, 42
Challoner, Sir Thomas, 18
Chambers’ Encyclopædia, 156
Champs Elysées, 42
Chandelle romain, 113
Chandrajota, 11
Charcoal, 3, 7, 11, 14, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 138
Charging, 71
Charging tools for rocket, 92
Charles II, Coronation, 27
Charles XI of Sweden, 24
Chateau Grand display, 21
Cherbourg, 43
Chertier, F. M., 146, 149, 150
Chesapeake and Shannon, 49
Chester accident, Pen., U.S.A., 83
„ Races, 17
Chiesa stick, 179
Chinese crackers, 8, 10
„ displays, 89, 99
„ fire, 4, 8, 11, 98
„ flyer, 116
„ tree, 97, 98
Chlorate accidents, 74, 85, 86
Chlorates and sulphur, 145
Chlorate of potash, 10, 74, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87, 144, 146
Chloride of ammonium, 142
Choke of a case, 94
Chromatrope, 131
Cinnabar, 146
Civil and military pyrotechny, 57
Civita Vecchia accident, 83
Clanfield, 34, 35
Clariner of Nuremberg, 20
Clarke, W., 37
Classification of pieces, 126
Claudius, 13
Clayed, 110
Clay choke, 94
Cleats, 125
Clifton Zoological Gardens, 38
Clithero, 33, 34, 35, 36, 61
Clubs, 112
„ Fire, 17
Coal (mineral), 146
Coastguard, 176
Cobalt oxide, 146
Cobonell & Sons, 37
Cochrane, Admiral, 160
Cockerill, 65
Coehorn Balloon, 107
Collins, Lottie, 53
Colombo, 55
“Colossus,” torpedo boat attack, 49
Coloured military smoke, 172
„ stars, 11, 113
Colour case, 119
„ cloud shells, 8
Colquhoun, Lt., 178
Columbus Centenary, 55
Comet, 108
Competition, Firework, 46
Composition, Bright, 120;
Flare, 11;
Golden Fountain, 110;
for Rockets, 93, 95
„ Incendiary, 156;
magnesium flash, 17
„ Slow, 103
Compositions, Pyrotechnic, 138
Compound fireworks, 121
Cone, Paper, 108
Cones, 28
Congreve, 41
Congreve, Sir W., 158, 159, 160, 161, 162
Constantinople, Defence of, 7
Copenhagen, 160
Copper, 142, 143
„ acetate, 129, 142
„ sulphate, 129, 142, 146
Coronation of Alexander II, 46
„ George IV, 41
„ Victoria, 41
„ William IV, 41
Coston light, 175
Cotton, Madame, 66
Cotton wick, 125
Courantins, 123
Court, 162
Covent Garden, 28
Crackers, 13, 14, 58, 91, 92, 110, 112
Cremorne Gardens, 37, 38
Crimean War, Peace Rejoicings, 43
Cromwell Gardens, 36
Crude antimony, 139
Crundall, Mr. F., 174
Crusaders, 15
Crystal Palace displays, 38, 46, 68, 108, 119, 128
Cullen, Peter van, 15
Cunard Line, 176
Cylindrical shell, 105
Dallas accident, 83
Dantzic, 160
Danube, 55
Darby, 66
Dark fire, 114
Dauphin 1730, 21
„ 1782, 22
Delhi, Mosque at, 50
“De Miribilibus Mundi,” 14
Denisse, 149
Denmark, 157
„ King of, 18
Dennett, Mr., 176
D’Ernst, 41
Devil, Blue, 97
Diamond Jubilee, 55
“Dictionnaire Morbilier Français,” 154
Dijon, 20
Dillar, 37
Display, Calcutta, 55
„ Chinese, 21, 89, 99
„ Crystal Palace, 38, 46, 68, 108, 119, 128
Display, Delhi, 55
„ fireworks, 84
„ Guards, 35
„ Portsmouth Fleet, 45
Distress signal, 175
Don Pedro, 14
Double and triple balloons, 107
„ line-rockets, 123
„ tourbillions, 117
„ triangle wheel, 131
Dover, Attack on, 46
Dragon, 16
Drain tester, 178
Dreadnought, 49
Drewett, 65
Drift, 72, 94
Dubbing, 119
Duffel, 38
Dunnet, Sergeant, 160
Dunois, 158
Dutens, 14
“E” Smoke Float, 168
Eagle, The, 37
Edinburgh, 45
Edward, Prince of Wales, 55
Eider, Wreck of the, 50
Elizabeth, Princess, 30
„ Queen, 18
Elvetham, 18
Emperor, 1853, Fête of the, 43
Emperor’s birthday, 1859, 43
Empress of India, 55
Encyclopedia, English, 113
„ Military, 107
Entente Cordiale, 43, 55
Erith explosion, 67, 68
Eruption of Mt. Etna, 34
Eton, 56
Etoupille, 125
Evelyn, John, 19, 28
“Everyday Book,” Hone’s, 56, 59
Experiments at Nunhead, 68
Explosives Acts, 68, 69
„ magazine, 67
„ ploughing, 178
Factory rules, 69
Fair, Postdown, 32
Fairbanks, Douglas, 50
Falcon Court firework maker, 59
Falling rocket sticks, 87
Feather, 119
Ferrara, Duke of, 15
Festivals, religious, 11
Fête, Imperial, 55
„ of the Emperor, 1853, 43
Fêtes, Baptismal, 1856, 43
„ Military, 1852, 43
Feux croises, 127
Filings, Steel, 141
Filling, 71
Finch’s Grotto Gardens, 36
Fine-grain powder, 99, 114
Fire, 4
„ balloons, 60
„ brilliant, 133, 138
„ Chinese, 4, 8, 11, 98
„ clubs, 17
„ Drake, 92
„ Greek, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 153, 154, 156
„ lances, 112
„ pumps, 112, 113;
wheels, 122
„ spur, 139
„ torches, 26
„ wild, 16
Fireball, 156
Fires, 43
Firework, 16, 17
„ accidents, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
„ bomb, 105
„ competition, 46
„ license, 67
„ manufacture, 57
Fireworks, Aerial, 7
„ compound, 121
„ daylight, 8
„ display, 84
„ illegal, 57
„ living, 51
„ on water, 24, 28, 39
„ philosophical, 37
„ Swedish, 23
„ water, 101
Fishing signals, 176
Fitzmaurice, 162
Five-pointed star, 99
Fixed sun, 29, 122, 123
Fixt, 98
Fizgigs, 97, 106, 110, 111
Flannel bag, 108
Flash composition, 178
Fleet at the Nore, 39
Flessingen, 160
Flights of rockets, 44
Flint, 4
Florence, 19
Flower pot, 97, 98, 99
Fog signal, 177
Fountains, 41, 97, 98, 115
Four and a half inch shell, 107, 108
“Fourth of June,” 56
Frame of quickmatch, 67, 125
Frames, lancework, 129
Frazer, Sir Augustus, 41
Frederick (Elector Palatine), Prince, 24
Frey, Oscar, 149
Frézier, 20, 95, 111, 112, 114, 117, 122, 123, 140, 161
Fulminate of mercury, 67
Funnel and wire, 71
Furiloni, 133
Fuse, lighter, 178
„ Roman candle, 114
„ safety, 124
„ time, 104, 105, 108, 109
Fusée de table, 118
Gand, 158
Garden, Covent, 28
Garden of the Senate, 42
Gardens, Belvue, 38
„ Bermondsey Spa, 36
„ Clifton Zoo, 38
„ Cremorne, 37, 38
„ Cromwell, 36
„ Finch’s Grotto, 36
„ Marylebone, 34
„ Mermaid, 37
„ Mulberry, 35
„ North Woolwich, 37
„ Rosherville, 37
„ Surrey Zoo, 38, 43, 45
„ Tea and Pleasure, 30, 31, 32
„ Yorkshire Stingo, 37
Garnier, 161
Garniture, 11, 87, 96
Gas balloon, 103
„ poison, 156
Genovini, Signor, 36
George III, 39, 56
George IV, Coronation of, 41
Gerb, 41, 44, 97, 98, 99, 127, 134, 139
German Petre, 136
Gibraltar, Siege of, 48
Girande, 123
Girandole, 122, 134
Gironels, 122
Globe, The, 37
Glogau, 160
Glorys, 127
God Save the Queen, 44
Gola, 10
Golden fountain composition, 110
„ rain, 97, 99
„ streamers, 44
“Good-bye, Dolly Grey,” 53
“Good-bye, my Bluebell,” 53
Goodship, Mr., 61
Graecus, Marcus, 13, 91
Grain powder, 99, 103, 106, 114
Granules, 115
Greek fire, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 153, 154, 156
Green man, 17
„ Park, The, 28, 40, 41, 43, 112
„ Orlando Furioso, 91
Gregorini, Signor, 54
Gregory, Bill, 54
Grenade, 156
„ signal, Rifle, 172
Grey, Captain, 172
Griffiths, F. A., 149
Ground light balls, 157
„ rockets, 97
„ wheels, 121
Guards display, 45
Guilloché, 21, 132
Gun-cotton wad, 96
Gunpowder, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 75, 96, 98, 103, 140
„ Acts, 58, 67
„ Mealed, 96, 99, 100, 106, 116, 118, 119
Guttman, Oscar, 153
Gyngell, 38
Hague, The, 28
Hail dispersers, 179
Hale, 161
Hale’s Light apparatus, 178
„ 24-pounder rocket, 161
Hammerslag, 141
Hand lights signal, 175
Hanselet, 158
Harold Wood Factory, 75
Hawai, 11
Heading, 94
„ clay, 96
Heath, Mr., of Boston, 161
Hengler, 33
„ Madame, 62
Henry II, 20
Henry, M., 36
Henry VIII, 15
Hilton, 40
Hime, Col. H. W. L., 153, 154
Hindoo pyrotechnists, 10
Hippert, Lieutenant, 145
History of colleges, 27
Home Office, 84
Hone, William, 56, 59
“Honeysuckle and the Bee,” 53
Hoogstraten, Count of, 15
Horizontal wheel, 121, 133
Hornpipe, 52
Hotel de Ville, Paris, 21, 22, 42
House on fire, 52
Howard, 40
Hull, 37
Hutstein and Websky, 149
Hyde Park, 40, 41, 43, 56
Hyder Ali, 159
Hyperoxymuriate of potash, 144
Ignium, Liber, 13, 14
Illegal Fireworks, 57
Illuminations, 28, 32, 39, 41
Imperial Fête, Danube, 55
“Implacable,” 49
Incendiary, composition, 156
„ rocket, 159, 160
„ shell, 156
„ thermalloy, 172
India, 55, 159
Insecticide fumigators, 178
Inspector, H.M., 10
Invalides, Les, 42
Invetto, Mrs., 61
Iron, 138
„ borings, 98
„ cast, pulverised, 141
„ dust, 11
„ filings, 8, 98, 141
„ magnetic oxide, 141
Iron oxide, mineral, 146
„ pyrites, 4
„ sand, 98
„ scales, 140, 141
Italian streamer, 113, 114
Italians, 18, 21
Ivory, 146
Jack and the Beanstalk, 52
Jack-in-the-box, 110
Jaipur, 55
Jamaica House, 36
James I, 24
James II, 27
Jebb, Dr., 14
Jenny’s Whim, 36
Jesuit missionary, 98
Jewel fountain, 115
Johnson & Co., 174
Johnson, Dr., 35
Jones, Lieutenant, 31, 111, 112, 113, 117, 118, 133, 134, 139, 141
Jubilee, 55
„ 1809, 39
„ Naval Review, 49
Jumping cracker, 91
Jutland, Battle of, 49
Kenilworth, 18
Kentish, Thomas, 118, 139, 149
King’s birthday, 4th June, 1809, 39
Kingston, Duchess of, 30
Koroo, 10
La Fere, 175
Lamb, Charles, 40
Lampblack, 99, 112, 139, 146
„ compositions, 113
Lance, 112, 119
„ à feu, 112
„ bounced, 128
„ work, 128
Lances, Fire, 112
Lancework frames, 129
Lanterns, 8, 9
Lapis calaminaris, 141
Lattice poles, 127
Leading up, 125
Leipsic, 160
Leo VI, 13
Leo XIII, 20
Les Invalides, 42
Liber Ignium, 13, 14
Licenses for fireworks, 67
Lifeboat Institution, 175
Lifting charge, 104, 108, 109
Light balls, 106
„ ground, 157
„ parachute, 157
Lighter, 108
Lights, Bengal, 120
„ Coston, 175
„ signal, 66
„ signal, hand, 175
„ Very signal, 164, 171, 172
Li Hung Chang, 50
Line-carrying rocket, 176
Line rockets, 26, 50, 97
Linseed oil, 140
Living fireworks, 51
Lloyd’s signal station, 175
London, 28
Longueman, 33
“Lord Cobham’s Head,” 35
Louis XIV, 20, 24
Louis XV, 21
Louis XVI, 22
Louvre, 20
Lushalan, Mr., 62
Lutzelberg, Victory of, 22
Lyceum, 37
Lyons, 20, 21
Machine for fireworks, 28, 34
Macintosh, 162
Madame la Première, 21
Madras, 55
Madura, 55
Magazine fired, 83
Magnesium, 150, 173
„ flash composition, 178
Mahteb, 11
Majendie, K.C.B., Sir V. D., 68
Making crackers, 92
Malaga, 42
Mallet, 72
Manilla Bay, Battle of, 49
Manley, Captain, 176
Manufacture of fireworks, 57
Maori King, 50
Marcus Graecus, 13, 91
Marinari, 34
Maroon, Aerial, 109
Maroons, 43
Marryat, Captain, 32
Marylebone Gardens, 34
Match, 121, 122
„ pipes, 125
„ quick, 108, 124, 125
„ raw, 125
Mealed gunpowder, 96, 99, 100, 106, 116, 118, 119, 125, 138
Mechanical pieces, 53
Mercury fulminate, 67
Mestre, 158
Metz, 162
Meyer, Captain Moritz, 145, 159
Mica, 146
Military coloured smokes, 172
„ Encyclopedia, 107
„ fêtes, 1852, 43
Mine, 110
„ of serpents, 110
„ on wheel, 133
Miners’ squib, 179
Mixing, 73
Mortars, 4, 16, 87, 103, 104, 105, 106, 110
Mortram, 33, 38, 61, 77
Mosaiques, 127
Moscow, 45
Mould for rocket charging, 94
Mulberry Gardens, 35
Munitions, 76
Naphtha, 6
Napoleon, 42
„ Louis, 42
„ Marriage of, 42
Newhaven accident, Conn., U.S.A., 83
New Wells, 35
Nile, Battle of the, 40, 49
Nipple, 98
Nitrate of baryta, 145
„ copper, 145
„ potash, 138
„ strontia, 146
Nitre, 7, 138
Nomenclature of rockets, 94, 95
North Woolwich Gardens, 37
Nunhead experiments, 68
„ factory, 47, 68
Nuremburg, 23
Oil of Benedict, 140
„ petre, 140
„ spike, 140
„ tile, 140
“Old Bull and Bush,” 53
Opening charge, 97
Opus Majus, 14
Orange, Prince of, 27
Order in Council, 69, 74, 78
Orleans, 42, 158
Orpiment, 11, 139, 140
“Out,” 11
Oxide of iron, magnetic, 141
„ mineral, 146
Oxymuriate of potash, 144
Paduans, 158
Palm tree, 127
Paper cone, 108
Paris, 20, 21, 28, 42
„ accident, 83
„ Exhibition, Visit of Queen Victoria, 43
Park, Green, 28, 40, 41, 43, 112
„ Hyde, 40, 41, 43
„ St. James’s, 30, 41
„ Victoria, 43
Parkes, Samuel, 144
Parlby’s rockets, 161
Paste, 106
Pasting in, 129
Pataka, 10
Patent Office Abridgements, 165
Pates d’oie, 127
Peace, 1783, 28
„ 1802, 39
„ 1814, 40
„ Crimean War, 43
„ display, Hyde Park, 56
Pedro, Don, 41
Pegging, 129
Pepys, 27, 92
Percussion caps, 67
Perkins, Jacob, 165
Persia, Shah of, 53
Petard, 92, 112
Petre, Bengal, 136
„ German, 136
„ Oil of, 140
Petroleum, 106
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 55
Philippe, Don, of Spain, 21
Philosophical fireworks, 37
Philostratus, 6
Phosphide of calcium, 153
Pian-King Lo Yang, 7
Pickford, Mary, 50
Picrate of potash, 96
Piece, Mechanical, 53
„ Carpet, 127
„ Transformation set, 50
Pieces, Classification of, 126
„ Set, 47, 112
Piercing, 129
Pilot signal, 175
Pin wheel, 118
Pipes, Match, 125
Pitch, 140, 156
Place Royal, 20
Pleasure gardens, 31, 32
Pleissenburg, 23
Ploughing by explosives, 179
Poison gas, 156
„ smoke, Rat, 178
Pompeii, Destruction of, 50
Pont-Andemer, 158
Port Arthur, 49
Portfire, 105, 106, 119
Portsmouth fleet display, 45
Portugal, King of, 55
Postdown Fair, 32
Pot, Flower, 97, 98, 99
Potash, Chlorate of, 10, 74, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87
Pots à feu, 111
„ d’aigrettes, 111
„ de brins, 111
Powder, 97, 99, 103, 106, 114, 140
Practicus, 149
Pretender, Old, 27
Priming powder, 106
„ wet, 119
Primrose Hill, 43
Projectile, 5
Propellant charge, 87
Pumice Stone, 146
Pump (Star), 72
Pumps with stars, 28, 112, 113
Puzzle pictures, 51
Pyramids, 30
Pyrotechnia, 26
Pyrotechnic compositions, 138
Pyrotechnists, Japanese, 7
„ Hindoo, 10
Quebec, Tercentenary of, 55
Quickmatch, 108, 124, 125
„ frame of, 67, 125
Rain, Golden, 97, 99
„ production, 179, 180
Ranelagh, 33, 34, 35, 36
Raw match, 125
“Read’s Weekly Journal,” 157
Recreative fireworks, 97
Regulated pieces, 29, 123
Regulus of antimony, 139
Reports, 28
“Revenge,” 49
Rheims, 20
Richard Cœur de Lion, 15
Richmond, Duke of, 28, 29
Rifle grenade signal, 172
Riswick, 20, 28
Rochelle, 20
“Rocket” and express engine, 54
Rocket cap, 96
„ cases, 93
„ charging, Mould for, 94
„ „ tools, 92
„ composition, 93, 95
„ iron, 159
„ line, 26, 50, 97
„ spindle, 94
„ stick, 11, 87, 96
„ sticks, Falling, 87
„ wheel, 122
Rockets, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 26, 28, 57, 61, 66, 91, 92, 96
„ Congreve’s, 161
„ ground, 97
„ incendiary, 159, 160
„ line-carrying, 176
„ nomenclature of, 94, 95
„ Parlby’s, 161
„ signalling, 145, 175
„ table, 117, 118
„ war, 158, 159
Rolling cases, 71
Roman candle, 28, 41, 44, 111, 113, 114, 127, 133, 134
„ „ fuse, 114
„ „ signal, 175
Rome, 19
Rosherville Gardens, 37
Rosin, 140
Rossi, 33, 34
Rotary rockets, 161, 162
Royal Commission on Fireworks, 68
„ Laboratory, Woolwich, 159
Ruggieri, 21, 22, 42, 103, 108, 112, 113, 118, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 134, 142, 143, 161
„ Gaetano, 28, 31, 112
Rules for factory, 69
Russia, 143
Russian war rockets 162
Safety Fuse, 124
Salamander la Rosace, 21
Salamandre, 132
Sal ammoniac, 142
Salisbury Cathedral, 50
Salome, 52
Saltpetre, 3, 7, 11, 14, 95, 96, 98, 100, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 138, 139, 156
„ Bengal, 120
Sand, iron, 98
Saqui, Madame, 33
Sarcophagus, 30
Sarti, Gioseppe, 29, 31, 112, 122
Saucissons volans, 106
Saxon, 116, 117, 122
„ wheels, 131
Saxony, Prince of, 23
Schumacher, 160
Sea battle, 48
Seasons, 51
Sebastopol, bombardment, 49
Second lighting, 124
Seine, 22, 24
Sel ammoniac, 129
Serpent, 44
Serpentine, 40
Serpents, 57, 60, 97, 106
Servandoni, Chevalier, 28
Set piece, transformation, 50
Set pieces, 47, 112
Setting down, 94
Seville, King of, 14
Shah, 53
Shakespeare, 16
Shellac, 149
Shell, incendiary, 156
Shells, 4, 8, 11, 15, 28, 44, 103, 105, 108
Siam, 11
Siege of Pian-King Lo Yang, 7
Siemienowitz, Casimir, 158
Signal beacon, 157
„ distress, 175
„ fishing, 176
„ fog, 177
„ hand lights, 175
„ lights, 66
„ „ aeroplane, 173
„ „ Very, 164, 172
„ pilot, 175
„ rifle grenade, 172
„ rockets, 145, 175
„ Roman candles, 172
„ sound, 96, 177
„ station, Lloyd’s, 175
Sir John Oldcastle, 35
Skimmer, 101
Sky rockets, 28, 61, 96
Slow composition, 103
Small factory license, 69
Smirk, 40
Smoke at Crystal Palace, 169
„ balls, 156, 157
„ drain testers, 179
„ float “E,” 168
„ screen, 167
Smokes, coloured military, 171
Snake and butterfly, 132
Sodium carbonate, 146
„ sulphate, 146
Soleil montant, 117
Soleils tournants, 117
Soleure, 21
Song pieces, 53
Sound signal, 96, 178
Southby, 33, 38, 41, 43, 45, 57
South Norwood Factory, 75
Spain, 20
„ King Consort, 1864, 43
Spherical shell, 105
Spike, Oil of, 140
Spindle, Rocket, 94
Spirali, 134
Spithead, 28, 43, 49
Spontaneous heating, 81
Spur fire, 139
Squibs, 57, 60, 97, 99, 110
Squibs, miners’, 179
St. Angelo, 19
St. James’s Park, 30, 41
„ Square, 28
St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, 28
“Star and Garter,” Chelsea, 36
Starlights, 119
Stars, 8, 72, 103, 110, 112, 116
„ coloured, 11
„ two-coloured, 172
Statute of William III, 57
Steam rocket, 165, 166
Steel filings, 138, 141
Sticking, 129
Sticks, Falling rocket, 87
Stink pot, 157
Stockholm, 24
Stodard, 40
Stouple, 125
Stratford, R.N. Experimental Station, 170
Streamer, Golden, 44
„ Italian, 113, 114
Strontium nitrate, 146
Strutt, 30
Sully, Duc de, 20
Sulphide of arsenic, 10, 139, 146
Sulphur, 6, 14, 95, 98, 99, 100, 105, 114, 115, 118, 119, 138, 139, 140, 156
„ chlorate mixtures, 74
Sulphuret of antimony, 100, 139, 146
Sun, 29, 121
„ star, 44
Surrey Zoological Gardens, 38, 43, 45
Sutton Factory, 75
Swarms, 28
Swevels, 123
Swiss military rockets, 162
Sydenham, 47
Table rockets, 117, 118
Tagus display, 55
Tailed stars, 113
Taku forts, bombardment, 49
Tampion, 113
Tavern, “Lord Cobham’s Head,” 35
„ “Sir John Oldcastle,” 35
Temple of Flora, 36
Tessier, Paul, 33, 36, 149
Thames, 24, 27, 28, 29, 36
Theatre de la Comedie Italienne, 124
Theodosius, 13
Theresa, 15
Thermalloy, 173
Thermit bombs, 173
Throwdowns, 10
Time fuse, 104, 108, 109
Tinder, 3
Tippoo Sahib, 159
Toledo, King of, 15
Tools, Rocket charging, 92
Torches of fire, 26
Torré, Morel, 21, 31, 34, 35
Touch hole, 104
Toulon, 162
Tourbillion de feu, 117
Tourbillions, 44, 116, 117, 118, 134
Tourney display, 21
Tourniquets, 117
Tower Hill, 30
Trafalgar, Battle of, 48, 49
Transformation set piece, 50
Treatise on war fireworks, 158
Trees, 127
Trengouse, Mr., 176
Triangle wheel, 131
Tsu-Shima Battle, 49
Tubri, 10
Tun dish, 72
Tunis, King of, 14
Turin, 162
Turning cases, 97, 126
Tyrrel, 43
Ufano, Diego, 20
United States, 175
“Universal Magazine, The,” 99
Vanochio, 18
Vauxhall, 33
Vengagvedi, 10
Versailles, 20, 21, 24, 43, 132
Vert de gris, 129
Vertical wheels, 121, 131
Very signal lights, 164, 171, 172
Vesuvius, 50
Victoria Park, 43
„ Queen, Coronation of, 41
„ „ Portrait of, 51
„ „ Visit to Paris Exhibition, 43
Vienna, 23
“Village Blacksmith, The,” 52
Volcano, 9
Wadd, 103
Walcheren Expedition, 160
Wallis, Admiral Sir Provo, 49
Walpole, 29, 30
War inventions, 165
„ rockets, 158, 159
Warman, 34
Warsaw, 162
Warwick, Earl of, 18
Water fireworks, 24, 28, 39, 101
Waterloo, 160
“Weekly Journal, Read’s,” 157
Weinerisch-Neustadt, 161
Wheel, block, 118
„ brilliant, 30
„ catherine, 118, 119
„ double triangle, 131
„ hundred-feet, 55
„ pin, 118
„ rocket, 122
„ saxon, 131
Wheels, 41, 121, 131
„ fire, 122
„ horizontal, 26, 121, 133
„ revolving, 44
„ triangle, 131
„ vertical, 26, 121, 131
Whistler, 96
White Conduit House, 37
White Star Line, 174
Whitehall, 27, 28
Wicks, Major, 172
Wild fire, 16
William IV, Coronation of, 41
Windmills, 131
Woolwich Arsenal, 43
„ Royal Laboratory, 159
Worcester Cathedral, 50
Wordsworth, 40
Yalu, Battle of the, 49
Yellow orpiment smoke, 172
Yorkshire Stingo Gardens, 37
Ypres display, 21
Yron scales, 96
Zinc, 142, 146
Zud-Amerika Lyn, 173

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