SKYROCKETS, Composition for (continued)
From Consult me, 1902
Serves 1
For bore sizes under three quarter inch.
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 455. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
sulphur, 4 parts ; meal powder, 3 parts ; steel filings, 5 parts. Mix. 2 If over 1 and under 2 inches, nitre, 16 parts ; charcoal, 8 parts ; sulphur, 4 parts ; steel filings, 5 parts. Mix. 3 If three quarter inch or under, nitre, 16 parts ; charcoal, 4 parts ; sul- phur, 3 parts ; cast-iron borings, 4 parts. Mix. 4 If over 1 inch and under 2 inches bore, nitre, 16 parts ; charcoal, 4 parts ; sulphur, 4 parts ; iron borings, 5 parts. Mix. 5 If under three quarter inch bore, nitre, 16 parts ; charcoal, 7 parts ; sul- phur, 4 parts ; gunpowder, 1 part
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