When a great length of pipe is required, it must be made by joining several pipes together, in this manner; having put on one length of match as many pipes as it will hold, paste paper over every joint; but if a still greater length be required, more pipes must be joined, by cutting off about an inch of one side of each pipe near the end, and laying the quick match together, and tieing them fast with small twine; after which, cover the joining with pasted paper.
The manner of placing Fireworks to be exhibited, with the order of Firing.
Nothing adds more to the appearance of fireworks, than the placing them properly; though the manner of placing them chiefly depends on the judgment of the maker. I shall give such rules here, as have been generally observed; for example, whether your works are to be fired on a building, or on stands; if they are a double set, place one wheel of a sort on each side of the building, and next to each of them towards the center, place a fixed piece, then wheels, and so on, leaving a sufficient distance between them, for the fire to play from one without burning the other; having fixed some of your works thus in front, place the rest behind them, in the center of their intervals; the largest piece, which is generally a regulated or transparent piece, must be placed in the center of the building, and behind it a sun, which must always stand above all the other works: a little before the building or stands place your large gerbes, and at the back of the works, fix your marron batteries, pots des aigrettes, pots des brins, pots des saucissons, air ballóóns, and flights of rockets; the rocket stands may be fixed behind or any where else, so as not to be in the way of the works.
Single collections are fired on stands, which stands are made in the same manner as theodolite stands, only the top part must be long or short occasionally; these sort of stands may be fixed up very soon without much trouble. Having given sufficient instructions for placing of fireworks, I shall proceed with the manner of firing them.
1. Two signal rockets, 2. Six sky rockets, 3. Two honorary rockets, 4. Four caduceus rockets, 5. Two vertical wheels illuminated, 6. Two spiral wheels illuminated, 7. Two transparent stars, 8. A line rocket of five changes, 9. Four tourbillons, 10. Two horizontal wheels, 11. Two air ballóóns illuminated, 12. Two Chinese fountains, 13. Two regulating pieces of four mutations each, 14. Two pots des aigrettes, 15. Three large gerbes, 16. A flight of rockets, 17. Two ballóón wheels, 18. Two cascades of brilliant fire, 19. Twelve sky rockets, 20. Two illuminated yew-trees, 21. Two air ballóóns of serpents, and two compound, 22. Four tourbillons, 23. Two Fruiloni Wheels, 24. Two Illuminated Globes with Horizontal Wheels, 25. One Pot des Saucissons, 26. Two Plural Wheels, 27. A Marron Battery, 28. Two Chandeliers Illuminated, 29. A Range of Pots des Brins, 30. Twelve Sky Rockets, 31. Two Yew-Trees of Fire, 32. A Nest of Serpents, 33. Two Double Cones Illuminated, 34. A Regulating Piece of Seven Mutations, viz., 1. A Vertical Wheel Illuminated, 2. A Golden Glory, 3. An Octagon Vertical Wheel, 4. Porcupines Quills, 5. Cross Fires, 6. A Star Piece with Brilliant Rays, 7. Six Vertical Wheels, 35. A Brilliant Sun, 36. A Large Flight of Rockets.