The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 492
It is in-valuable to you boy bal-loonists in another way.The prettiest balloon fire-work effects are thosewhich are not lighted at the time when you let off your balloon, but which take fireapparently of themselves after the balloon has gained a considerable elevation.Bickfords fuse enables you to… … Fig. 9.—LETTING OFF THE BALLOON.
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