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STARS 85
YVeingart 31 reports compositions for cut, pumped, or candle
stars which contain chlorate but no sulfur or sulfides, as follows:
Potassium chlorate
Strontium nitrate
Strontium carbonate
Barium nitrate
Pans green
Cnloniel
Sodium oxalate
Fine charcoal
Dextrin
Shellac
12
12
4
1
2
Red
48
8
8
3
6
Blue
48
16
18
3
10
Green
12
12
1
4
1
2
32
Yellow
For the following pcrchlorate star formulas the author is indebted
to Allen F Clark.
Potassium perchlorate
Potassium nitrate
Barium perchlorate
Calcium carbonate
^tiontium oxalate
Copper oxalate
Sodium oxalate
Calomel
Sulfur
Lampblack
Dextrin
Shellac
Rose
12
6
1
1
1
Amber
10
4
2
32
Green
3
44
90
6
15
12
2 8
3
6
Violet
Illustrative of electric star compositions are the following;
those which contain potassium chlorate are reported by Faber, 32
the others, containing perchlorate, were communicated by Allen
31 Op cit, p 114
32 Op cit, Vol 1, p 188
12
9
5
3
16
, 71
1-H 3
41
12 3
3
14