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Blowing charge, 114

Blue devil, 97

Blue vitriol, 129

Bobb's Hall Tavern, 36

Boiled oil, 140

Boleyn, Anne, 16

Bomb, Artillery, 105

" Firework, 105

" Rocket, 159

" Thermit, 172

" War, 105

Bombardment, Alexandria, 48

" Canton, 49

" Sebastopol, 49

Bombay, 39, 55

Bombshell, 15, 103

Bone ash, 146

Bonfire, 24, 58

Bordeaux, 158

Borings, Iron, 98

Boulogne Harbour, 1

Bounced lances, 128

Bounces, 97, 99

Bouquets, 127

Bourne, William, 162

Bow, 161

Boxer, R.A., Lt.-Col., 67, 177

Boxing kangaroo, 52

Boxing match, 51

Boyers, Captain, 160

Brand, Peter, 15

Bridge of Louis XVI, 42

Bright composition, 120

Brilliant fire, 133, 138

Brittany, Duke of, 21

Brock, 34, 36

" Arthur, 48, 78

" Charles Thomas, 46, 54, 68

" C. T., & Co., 166, 178

" F. A., Wing Comdr., 166

" William, 33, 37, 46, 63, 115

Brooklyn Bridge, 55

Burglar alarm, 178

Burgundy, Duke of, 21

Burnham, J. L., & Co., 175

Bursting Charge, 108

Burusu, 11

Burying mortars, 87


Cadiz, 160

Caillot, 33, 35

Calaminaris, Lapis, 141

Calcium phosphide, 153

Calcutta, 55

Calcutta Journal, 161

Callao, 160

Calomel, 143

Camphor, 140, 146

Canton, Bombardment of, 49

Cap, Rocket, 96

Caprice, 132, 133

Caps, Percussion, 67

Carbonate of soda, 146

Carcasses, 156

Carpet piece, 127

Cascades, 30, 126

Cases, 71;
  Wood, 105;
  Turning, 126;
  Bamboo, 4;
  Rocket, 93;
  Cap for, 125;
  Iron, 159

Cast iron, pulverised, 141

Cat fight, 52

Cathedral, Salisbury, 50

" Worcester, 50

Catherine wheel, 118, 119

Cenotaph, 30

Cetewayo, King, 50

Chaillot Barriere, 42

Challoner, Sir Thomas, 18

Chambers' Encyclopædia, 156

Champs Elysées, 42

Chandelle romain, 113

Chandrajota, 11

Charcoal, 3, 7, 11, 14, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 138

Charging, 71

Charging tools for rocket, 92

Charles II, Coronation, 27

Charles XI of Sweden, 24

Chateau Grand display, 21

Cherbourg, 43

Chertier, F. M., 146, 149, 150

Chesapeake and Shannon, 49

Chester accident, Pen., U.S.A., 83

" Races, 17

Chiesa stick, 179

Chinese crackers, 8, 10

" displays, 89, 99

" fire, 4, 8, 11, 98

" flyer, 116

" tree, 97, 98

Chlorate accidents, 74, 85, 86

Chlorates and sulphur, 145