 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 páginas
...more than modifications of their form, and of the materials of which they usually consist. A rocket is a cartridge or case made of stiff paper, which being filled in part with gun. powder, saltpetre, and charcoal, rises of itself into the air, when fire is applied to it. There... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 páginas
...consist. A rocket is a cartridge or case made of stiff paper, which being filled in part with gun. powder, saltpetre, and charcoal, rises of itself into the air, when fire is applied to it. k There are three sorts of rockets : small ones, the calibre of which, does not exceed a pound bullet... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 páginas
...more than modifications of their form, and of the materials of which they usually consist. A rocket is a cartridge or case made of stiff paper, which being filled in part with gun. powder, saltpetre, and charcoal, rises of itself into the air, when fire is applied to it. There... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 páginas
...more than modifications of their form, and of the materials of which they usually consist. A rocket is a cartridge or case made of stiff paper, which...saltpetre, and charcoal, rises of itself into the air, when are is applied to it. There are three sorts of rockets : small ones the calibre of which does not exceed... | |
 | Jacques Ozanam - 1840 - 850 páginas
...common and curious pieces of fire-works. ARTICLE II. Construction of the Cartridges of Rockets. A rocket is a cartridge or case made of stiff paper, which...There are three sorts of rockets : small ones, the calihre of which does not exceed a pound bullet ; that is to say, the orifice of them is equal to the... | |
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Rockets may be regarded as the grand basis of all pyrotechnical exhibitions, which are little more than modifications of their form, and of the materials of which they usually consist. A rocket is a cartridge or case made of stiff paper, which being filled... 