Eau faible, ib.

Europeans, ancient, their poisoned arrows, 568

Elastic bitumen, 155
aeriform fluids, 6

Electron, 156

Electricity, effects of, on inflammable bodies, 276

Ellibichus, (note.), 428

Empedocles knew the effect of burning glasses, 562

Endless screw, 418

Eprouvette, 138
of Hutton, ibid
improved, ibid
of Darcy, 76
of Regnier, 77
of Ramsden, 139
Dr. Hutton's opinion of the, 138

Eruption, volcanic, 263
substances which produce, ibid

Essence of spruce, 147

Ether, phosphorized, 85

Essential oils, 163

Etoupille of the French, 295
how prepared, 297

Ewel, his patent for making gunpowder, 118

Examination, chemical, of nitre, 72

Exhibition of fire-works, 453

Experiments, sundry, with detonating substances, 273

Extemporaneous fire, 578
various kinds of, ibid
by chemical action, ibid
Hanzelet's composition for, 579
remarks on, ibid


F.

Fascines, 501
how made, ibid
to what use applied, ibid
various kinds of, 501

Feast of the lanterns in China, 25

Feast of the lamps, 427

Feast of the dedication of the Temple, ibid

Festum encæniorum of the Jews, 24

Fevers, malignant, supposed causes of, 60

Fight, with small ships, how represented, 451

Fire, feats performed with, 26
works of, general basis of, 19
works, to show in sparks, &c. 20
for rooms, of what made, 21
substances used in, 48
rain, incendiary, 560
composition of, 560, 561
observations on, ibid
gave rise to the fire-stone, 562
Greek, 544
of what composed, 545
flasks, 575
stone, what, 205
produced by percussion, 273
works in general, 255
invention of Europe, ibid
at Pekin, ibid
known in China from time immemorial, ibid
Chinese not surpassed by any nation, ibid
Barrow's account of the, ibid
arrangement of, 256
a system of, what, ibid
of inflammable air, 383
Frazier's opinion respecting, 257
ordeal by, 37
works at Versailles and Paris, 257
of the ancients, 261
theatrical, 262
rain for theatres, 264
composition of, 264, 309, 310, 311
in Chinese fire, 265
spur, 267
composition of, 268
works, portable, 271
scented, 283
tables, 271
pots, 365
for ramparts, 575
charge for, 366
brand, 574
pumps, 322
composition for, ibid
cases for, how made, ibid
how charged, ibid
jets, 367
extemporaneous, how made, 578
spouts, 367
compositions for, ibid
blue, for parasols and cascades, 369
radiant, ibid
green, ibid
Aurora, ibid
Italian rose, ibid
everlasting, what, 154
jets, different appearances of, 370
how used, ibid
Chinese, 371
red, 372
cast iron, used in the, 371
iron sand in the, ibid
applications of the, 375
has little force, ibid
on wheels, its effect, ibid
for calibers under ¹⁰/₁₂ths of an inch, 376
for other calibers, ibid
for Palm trees and cascades, ibid
white, ibid
for gerbes, ibid
works for exhibition, the arrangement of, 387
how arranged, 453
incendiary, 490
general account of the, ibid
number of the, ibid
slow, for wheels, 389
dead, for wheels, ibid
wands, 400
cascades of, 404
galleries of, 406
globes, 420
crayons, 286
globe, aquatic, 445
representation of figures in, 423
ship, in miniature, 451
for service, 507
preparation of a, ibid
uses of a, ibid
stores required for a, 510
fire-barrels for a, ibid
composition for, ibid
stone, 491
its use, ibid
of what composed, ibid
cautions to be used in making, ibid
on what its goodness depends, ibid
how made more inflammable, ibid
composition of, 492
origin of, 491
composition, used for carcasses; see carcasses.
balls, 492

Fire balls, composition of, 494
table on the dimensions of, ibid
how they differ from carcasses, 492
composition for covering of, 496
how discharged, 497
a new mode for making, ibid
to be thrown by hand, kind for, ibid
composition for hand, 498
works, with hydrogen gas, 383
Dillon's exhibition of inflammable air, ibid
Cartwright's do. do., ibid
flame of hydrogen gas in, how charged, ibid
of inflammable air, how executed, ibid
their character, ibid
imitative, 440
how made, ibid
Red, for theatres, 270

Fixed air, 87
suns, 397, 398
cases, 19

Flame, the rapidity of the communication of, 431
of felt, colours of, 435
Reaumur and Schatt's remarks on, ibid
of felt, experiment to produce the, ibid
coloured, theory of, 436
very remarkable effects of, on living persons, ibid
how prepared to produce singular appearances, ibid

Flame, changed of different colours, 2, 432
deception by breathing, 30
the, in fire-works, how shown, 264
how extinguished, and made to reappear at the same time, 275

Flambeaux, odoriferous, 288
its use in war, 501
how made, 502
composition for, ibid

Flower pot, artificial, of fire, 10

Flowers of sulphur, 82

Flower pots, pyramid of, 402

Flux, black, 50
white, ib.

Flyers, Chinese, 303

Fetid carbonate of lime, 155
fire, remarks on, 290

Forsyth, the Rev. Mr. his composition for gunpowder, 23, 75
his invention of a gun-lock, 22

Foudres, what, 265

Fougasses, 554

Fougette, 529
improvement on the, 530

Fountains, Chinese, 405

Frankincense, 148
used in odoriferous fire, ibid

Frazier, his opinion on fire-works, 257

Fruiloni wheel, 394

Fuel, economical, 577

Fulminating powder, 50
of Higgins, ib.
mercury, 171
of Bayen, 173
silver, 173, 274
balls, ibid, ibid
bombs, 173, 275
silver, of Berthollet, 174
of Chenevix, ibid
of Silliman, 175
gold, ibid
platinum, 176
powder, from indigo, 177
compound, called iodide of azote, ibid
oil, 179
silver, entertaining experiments with, 273

Fusion, powder of, 50

Fuses, 481
for shells, howitzes, and grenades, ibid
how made, ibid
how charged, 482
sundry compositions for, 484
with dead light, 485
composition for the, 486
dimensions of, 487


G.

Gallipot, 147

Galbanum, 221

Galleries of fire, 406

Galvanism, detonations produced by, 276

Games at Rome, illuminated at night, 24

Garniture, in fire-works, what, 298

Gases produced in fire-works, 6
character of the, ib.

Gas lights, 89

Gases, what, produced by gunpowder, 121
number of, evolved from gunpowder, 122
carbonic acid, &c. quantity from gunpowder, 123

General theory of Pyrotechny, 1

Gerbes, 19
account of, 348
composition for, 349

Gibbs, colonel, his experiments on gunpowder with lime, 556

Girandoles, 407
modification of, ibid
chests of, for rockets, 338

Girdle, detonating, 274

Glazing of powder, what, 111
plumbago used for the, ibid

Glass, 210
different kinds of, ibid
acted upon by fluoric acid, 214
annealing of, ibid
uses of, in fire-works, 210

Globes, with their decorations, 419
leaping, 420
composition for, 421
bursting, 420

Globe of compression, 553

Glue, 214
its use in pyrotechny, ibid

Gold rain, 310
fulminating, 175

Gracchus, Marcus, 98

Græcus, Marcus, ib.
said to have invented gunpowder, ib.

Grape shot, how made, 470

Granulation of powder, 111

Grecian illumination, 24

Green match, 324
fire of the Palm tree, 77

Gregory, his summary of Robins's experiments, 125

Greek-fire, 544
invented by Callinicus, ibid
used by Callinicus with success, ibid
how defined, ibid
used at different periods, 545
how made use of, ibid
thrown by spouting engines, ibid
Beckman's remarks on the, ibid
peculiar properties of the, 546
modern imitations of the, ibid
La Brocquiere on the, ibid
Ruggeri's remarks on the, 547
said to have given rise to gunpowder, 98
recipes for the making of, known to Bacon, ib.
a manuscript containing the, and gunpowder, ib.
various kinds of, 546
the original, not known, ibid
the author of Œuvre Militaire on, ibid
recommends a substitute for the, ibid
superseded by gunpowder, 547

Grenades, fuses for, 481
how charged, 484

Gums, used in fire-works, 21
contain carbon, 89

Gum arabic, 219
Tragacanth, ibid

Gun, repeating, 460

Guns discharged by percussion, 75

Guns, see cannon.

Gunpowder, history of, 97
invented in India, 97, 458
invention, how brought to Europe, 97
the Arabians obtained a knowledge of, from the Indians, ib.
the use of, forbidden in the sacred books of the Indians, ib.
employed in 690 at the battle of Mecca, ib.
the Greek fire said to have given rise to, 98
recipe for, in an old manuscript, ib.
quality of, 97
the formulæ for of Marcus Græcus, 98
said to have been invented by a German monk, 99
invention of, ascribed to Anelzin, ib.
to Schwartz, ib.
no mention made of, in the French registers, ib.
damaged, nitre extracted from, 72
how examined by reagents, 73
analysis of, in what it consists, 73, 140
made with chlorate of potassa, 76
with chlorate of potassa, effects of, ib.
what required to make good, 100
varies in its constituent parts, ibid
French formula, for the best, ibid
English, proportions used for, ibid
government, (British), what, ibid
experiments with, at Grenille, ibid
proportions for, by different nations, ibid
for war, French formula, 102
for hunting, do. do., ibid
for mining, do. do., ibid
manufacture of, 102
in France, summary of the, 110
improvement in the drying of, 103
glazing of, 104
for making, according to Champy, 109
mills, 104
accidents to, ibid
at Frankford, an experiment at, 105
machinery of, ibid
charcoal for, according to Proust, 110
Carney's process for making, ibid
its power, on what it depends, 120
gases produced by the combustion of, 121
quantity of, 122
Thenard's remarks on the gases from, 121
Proust's opinion of the products of fired, ibid
remarks on the combustion of, ibid
Granulation of, said to be injurious, 124
fired in a vacuum, the products of, 125
carbonic acid gas from, 121
Robins's experiments with, 125
Dr. Hutton's remarks on, 127
charges of, 129
the velocity of balls caused by, ibid
table of the charges, &c. of, 130
Hutton's experiments at Woolwich, with, ibid
azotic gas from, 121
proof of, 136
various, ibid
comparative, ibid
by the eprouvette, 138
strength of, how increased, 140
preservation of, ibid
examination of, ibid
chemical, ibid
marks, what, 136
quantity required to raise a cubic fathom of earth, 552
torpedo; see Torpedo.
several modes proposed to increase the force of, 554
experiments of M. L. Maitre, &c. with, 555
basis of fire-works. See Theory of Fire-Works.
extinguishing flame with fired, 572
charging of, with a ball, a new mode, 39
how used with ball, without injuring, ib.
Tricks with, by jugglers, 40
action and reaction of, against a ball, ib.
how put in the repeating-gun. See Cannon.
how it acts in extinguishing flame, 572
recommended to scatter water on buildings on fire, 573
inflammation of, by the radiation of heat, 566
cautions in loading guns with, 125
its force increased by confined air, ibid
how employed for the splitting of trees, &c. ibid
damaged, how the nitre is recovered from, 72
purification of sulphur, for making, 81
mills, spontaneous combustion in, 106
how prevented, 107
Bartholdi's opinion of the, 106
David's plan to prevent the, ibid

Gunbarrels, how browned, 204
utility of browning, ibid


H.

Hanzelet, his extemporaneous fire, 579

Half-moulds, 238
dimensions of, ibid

Hare, professor, his remarks concerning flame, 433

Heat, latent, 136
idea of, how formed, ibid
in nitric acid, ibid

Herodotus, his account of the Egyptian illuminations, 24
of the Egyptian festivals, 427

Higgins, his fulminating powder, 50
improvement on the old, ib.

Hirpi, the, jumped through fire, &c. 37

Hippocrates Chias, the discoverer of the Delian problem, (note.) 29

Holy Fire, office of the, 41
ceremonies of the, ib.

Honorary rockets, 342

Horse, a, burnt, through a superstitious notion, (note.) 28

Humboldt, his observation on gunpowder for mining, 556

Howard's fulminating mercury, 172
of what composed, ibid
how prepared, ibid
effects of, 173

Howitzes, fuses for, 481
how charged, 484

Hughes' nitre cave, 54

Hydrogen gas, for fire-works, 20, 383
Cartwright's fire-works with, 20
Dillon's fire-works with, 383
detonation of, in a pistol, 384

Hyperboreans, how they caught the electric fluid, 31

Hyperoxymuriate of potassa, 7, 74
sundry properties of, 75
used for gunpowder, 76
the same as chlorate of potassa, 74
contains a large quantity of oxygen, 75
how prepared, 74
basis of the pocket lights, 75


I.

Illumination port-fires, cases for, 246
lances of, 314
composition for the, ibid
of various colours, ibid

Illuminations, 23, 425
for what designed, 23
antiquity of, ib.
Egyptian, 24
Parisian, ib.
by the Ancients, on great occasions, ib.
port-fire, composition for, 314
chemical, 439, 523

Illuminating barrel, 503

Illuminated table star, 273

Illuminated spiral wheel, 393
yew tree, 402
figures, sundry, 413
fountain, 439
how produced, ibid

Imitative fire-works, 440

Incendiary machines, in war, 462
fire-works, 490
matches, 492
kegs, 523
rocket, 530
rope, 558
composition for, ibid
arrows, 566

Incombustible, wheels, &c. how made, 240