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86 PYROTECHNICS
Potassium perchlorate
Potassium chlorate
Barium perchlorate .. ...
Barium chlorate ...
Barium nitrate
Strontium chlorate
Strontium carbonate
Aluminum
Sodium oxalate
Calcium carbonate
Magnesium carbonate
Paris irreen . ..
Calomel
Fine charcoal
Dextrin
Red gum
Shellac
24
Red
4
8
1
2
12
3
3
1
1
Gold
6
4
4
2
1
••
2
8
16
16
12
3 2
4
GreenL
12
5
••
1
6
12
8
••
1
2
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Blue
F. Clark. The last-named authority has also supplied two formulas
for magnesium stars. The compositions are mixed while
Potassium perchlorate.
Barium perchlorate...
Magnesium
Sodium oxalate
Lycopodium powder. .
Shellac
Amber
1
2
Green
dampened with alcohol which insures that the particles of magnesium
are covered with a protective layer of shellac.
Lampblack stars burn with a rather dull soft light. Discharged
in large number from a rocket or aerial shell, they produce
the beautiful willow-tree effect. They are made, according to
Allen F. Clark, by incorporating 3 pounds of lampblack, 4 pounds
of meal powder, and ] /2 pound of finely powdered antimony
sulfide with 2 ounces of shellac dissolved in alcohol.
Stars compounded out of what is essentially a modified black
12 2
1
2
8
16
2
1
14
6
1
10
2
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