Chapter XI

Of Aquatic Fire-works, 442
Sec. i. Of Water Rockets, 443
ii. Of Pipes of Communication, ib.
iii. Of Horizontal Wheels for Water, 444
iv. Of Water Mines, ib.
v. Of Fire Globes for the Water, 445
vi. Of Odoriferous Water Balloons, 446
vii. Of Water Balloons, 447
viii. Of Water Squibs, 448
ix. Of the Water Fire-Fountain, ib.
x. Of Swans and Ducks, to discharge Rockets in Water, ib.
xi. Of Discharging Rockets under Water, 449
xii. Of the Representation of Neptune in his Chariot, 450
xiii. Of the Representation of a Sea-Fight with small
Ships, and the Preparation of a Fire-Ship, 451

CHAPTER XII.

Of the Arrangement of Fire-works for Exhibition, 452

PART IV.

Military Pyrotechny, 456

CHAPTER I.

Observations in General, 456
Sec. i. Of Cartridges, 462
ii. Of Cannon Cartridges, 467

CHAPTER II.

Of Matches, 471
Sec. i. Of Slow Match, ib.
ii. Of Priming Tubes, 475
iii. Of Quick Matches, 477

CHAPTER III.

Of Port-Fires, 479

CHAPTER IV.

Of Fuses for Shells, Howitzes, and Grenades, 481
Sec. i. Of the Method of Charging the Fuses of Bombs
or Shells, 482
ii. Of Loading Shells, Howitzes, and Grenades, 484
iii. Of Fuses with Dead Light, 485
iv. Of the Dimensions of Fuses, and the Dimensions
and Charge of Bombs, Howitzes, and Grenades, 487