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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.

Title: A new treatise on artificial fireworks. [electronic resource] : 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.
Author: Jones, Robert, Captain, active 1765-1772.
Publication: 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]

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xxvi,[2],255,[1]p.,plates : ill.; 8⁰.

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English Short Title Catalog

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OCLC

642296259
ECCO1-T115791

Author

Jones, Robert, Captain, active 1765-1772.

Title

A new treatise on artificial fireworks. [electronic resource] : 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.

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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]

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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English Short Title Catalog, T115791.

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