Black match

Group 2 Nitrate/metal/sulphur compositions Compositions with >65% chlorate Black powder Nitrate/boron compositions Burn violently Large firework shells Fuse unprotected signal flares Non-pressed report bullets (bird scarers) Report cartridges (unpacked) Black matches (uncovered) Accelerating single-item explosions... 

Black diamond black diamond Nu-Gel 2 B165 Black Dynamite 2 B165 Black liquor 2 B16S Black match 2 B165... 

The French still make pulverin, for the preparation of black match and for use in pyrotechnics, by rolling the materials with balls, some of lead and some of lignum vitae, in a barrel of hardwood. They also sometimes use this method for mixing the ingredients before they are incorporated more thoroughly in the wheel mill. 

English crackers are commonly loaded with granulated gunpowder, tamped into paper pipes like those from which pin-wheels are made. The loaded pipes are softened by moisture in the same way, passed between rollers to make them flatter, folded in frames, and, for the best results, tied each time they are folded and then tied over the whole bundle. They are generally supplied with black match for lighting. They produce as many explosions as there are ligatures. 

Black match may be made conveniently by twisting three or four strands of fine soft cotton twine together, impregnating the resulting cord with a paste made by moistening meal powder with water, wiping... 

Second star composition. Take of saltpeter in fine and dry flour ten ounces, of charcoal, of sulfur, of powder (gun-pow der), of antimony (sulfide), and of camphor each two frcscottx. Temper the whole with oil of turpentine, and make it into a powdery (mealy) paste w hich you will put into little cartridges and.you wdll load them in the same manner as rockets [that is, by pounding in the charge]. When you wish to use them, it is necessary to remove the paper wrapper and to cut them into pieces setting a little black match (m che d estoupin) in the middle (of each piece) through a little hole which you will pierce there. 

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