FIREWORKS

  
    OK, SO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN FIREWORKS?  NOTE: ALL
    THE AMOUNTS GIVEN IN THESE DIRECTIONS ARE IN PARTS BY WEIGHT.  DO NOT
    USE PARTS BY VOLUME (LIKE TEASPOONS OR SOMETHING), OR ELSE YOU COULD
    HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ALWAYS MIX THESE CHEMICALS BY SHAKING THEM ON
    A SHEET OF PAPER OR SOMETHING. IF YOU GRIND THEM, STIR THEM, ETC.
    THEY COULD EXPLODE IN YOUR FACE!(AFTER ALL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO KILL
    YOURSELF WHILE DOING THIS!)

    FUSE:
  
    1. DISSOLVE AS MUCH POTASSIUM NITRATE AS YOU CAN IN ABOUT A PINT OF
    WATER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
  
    2. SOAK 5-6 INCH PIECES OF STRING OR PAPER IN THIS SOLUTION AND LET
    THEM DRY.

    3. LIGHT THE FIREWORKS WITH THE STRING OR A PIECE OF PAPER ROLLED
    INTO A TIGHT TUBE.

    FLASH POWDER:    
  
    1. MIX:  1 PARTS POWDERED MAGNESIUM METAL and 4 PARTS POWDERED POTASSIUM
    NITRATE.
  
    2. IGNITE WITH A VERY LONG FUSE.  THIS STUFF EXPLODES WITH A HUGE
    WHITE FLASH, AND MAY BE BRIGHT ENOUGH TO SCREW UP YOUR EYES IF YOU
    LOOK STRAIGHT AT IT.

    "SNAKES":
  
    1. MIX:  5 PARTS POTASSIUM NITRATE
            10 PARTS POTASSIUM DICHROMATE
             5 PARTS REGULAR SUGAR

    2. MIX THESE POWDERS WITH ENOUGH MUCILAGE OF ACACIA (THAT GOOEY
    BROWN GLUE YOU CAN GET AT A DRUGSTORE) SO THAT YOU CAN MOLD THEM INTO
    CONES ABOUT 1/2 AN INCH HIGH.
      
    3. WHEN DRY, LIGHT THE TIPS OF THE CONES WITH A MATCH.

    FOUNTAIN #1:
  
    1. MIX:  1 PART POWDERED MAGNESIUM METAL
             1 PART POWDERED IRON METAL
             1 PART POWDERED ZINC METAL
             1 PART ANTIMONY SULFIDE
             1 PART POWDERED CHARCOAL
             1 PART POWDERED SULFUR
             1 PART LYCOPODIUM POWDER
             1 PART POWDERED SUGAR
             1 PART POTASSIUM NITRATE

    2. COAT A CARDBOARD TUBE AND PLUG THE BOTTOM WITH PLASTER OF PARIS
    (THIS IS SO IT WON'T BURN).

    3. FILL THE TUBE WITH THE MIXTURE, INSERT A FUSE, AND LIGHT IT.