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Fireworks, rocketry, safety, & other topics.
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Selling a bunch of my pyro books on eBay.
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ynotp...@gmail.com fired this volley in news:6d798c71-bbf7-48a5-9bb2-
160c69cba733@googlegroups.com:
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Gosh... that's a really odd, ecclectic collection, with absolutely no "meat & potatos" books on modern 'basics'.
No Shimizu or Lancaster? No Shidlovskiy? No JOP or Pyrotechnica? Kentish is interesting, but useless for today's practicioner, except as a... more »
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Geeting a funny felling about Lloyd!
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April 1st, 2008ish give or take a year.
I have found proof that Lloyd supplied whistle to reports to underage thugs who commented a heinous crime!
[link]
That poor child, subjected to those rockets, and locked up in a shed!
Yeah, I know that most are thinking, "humph, I've stuck rocket sticks in my bum, lit, then removed the hair that grows down".... more »
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I'm trying to find the star cluster with Auriga!
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Started going through my stockpile of chemicals and thought of Auriga.
I know he's located in the sector of Passfire, but I've lost my
everything to get in.
Also his phone#.
I know there are some who lurk here during morning coffee, and, or,
constitution (if they have a laptop).
If some who knows Auriga, please pass this on.... more »
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It Burns !
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But not as well as I'd hoped . I know for sure that one thing is the briquets I ground up for charcoal <hangs head , blushes> but next round should be with white-wood charcoal that I'll make . Last mix was 75/15/10 , left a yellowish glassy deposit <burned in a 4-5 layer paper tube> . Tonight's recipe is 75/17.5/7.5 , drying as I type . I'm kinda-sorta sure... more »
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Black and white smoke
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The Vatican news has the following smoke recipes:
"How the white and black "Fumate" are produced"
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For a black “fumata” the chemical compound is made of potassium perchlorate,
anthracene, and sulphur. The white “fumata” is a mixture of potassium chlorate,
lactose, and rosin. The rosin is a natural amber resin obtained from conifers.... more »
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Damp or dry ?
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I just ordered a small porcelain mortar and pestle to make some small test batches of BP . I'm wondering if I should work my ingredients dry or should I dampen them slightly ? For sure it's safer to work this stuff damp , but not too damp . My thinking is that damp , in addition to being safer , will... more »
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Medieval black powder
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I'm looking for sources on medieval black powder production. My son, 14, is writing a paper on early medieval firearms. He's been to the
museum, and read up on matchlocks, flintlocks, and so on, but they don't have
much about production of powder. There's a bit on gunpowder manufacturing in
Diderots Encyclopedia, where we have a volume of reproduced engravings and some... more »
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