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Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 3 (1867) (1867)

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y conduits whereby they fire with wavy radiations ; copper lends a greenish tint to the with crockets. The buildings on either side are appro- take fire simultaneously. Electricity was first employed for flame ; zinc causes a fine blue color; sulphuret of antimony priated, one to the reception of… … manufacturers of this city, nine years since, in firing a triv amber affords a yellow fire, as well as colophony and common The gateway hasa clock, and a bell to be used fora pass- umphal piece two hundred feet long, in honor of the success- salt. Lampblack produces a very red color with gunpowder,…

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