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Software Pirates Incoporated
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"PyroTechny - The Art Of Making Fireworx! Vol.#1"
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Well, this month I decide to write a file like everybody else. Since
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I don't know much about anarchy, I can write about what I do know. It's not
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REAL anarchy but it's pretty interesting. And that's how to build fireworx
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making different effects...
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To basically start off, the three principle materials employed in this
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art are sulpher, charcoal, and saltpetre combined with the fillings of copper,
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zinc or steel. Or you could also combine those same three materails with
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camphor or resin. Either worx fine and is used adjust the combustion duration,
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and the effects of the firework. This next part is basically how to build
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rockets....
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1. How To Build A Plain Rocket...
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The casing of the rocket should be made of stout catridge paper,
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rolled on a rod whose thickness should be equal to the desired diameter of
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the bore. The rod should be slightly tapering, to allow of it's easy removal
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after the case is rolled and pasted. The narrower end of the casse is choked;
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that means you should indent a neck in it.
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The compostion as stated above should then be rammed tightly into
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the casing which is is supported by a closely fitting mould of during this
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operation. You should then finidh it off with a small charge of gunpowder
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to explode when the rocket goes out. The top of the casing should then be
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stopped with clay and a conical cap fastened on. (this is to decrease the
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resistance of air while it is in flight.). The bottom or choked end of casing
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should be finished with priming and finergain sand paper(touchpaper).
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The whole casing should then be attached to the end of a willow stick. Having
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a long and straight stick is preferable cause it is this stick that directs
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the course of the rocket in the air....
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2. Composition For Rockets...
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For 2 ounce rockets: Mix 54 1/2 parts nitre [saltpetre], 18 parts sulpher,
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and 27 1/4 of charcoal, all in fine grain powder. Sift through lawn.
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4 ounce rockets: 64 parts nitre, 16 parts sulpher, and 20 parts charcoal.
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For 8 ounce to 1 pound rockets: 64 parts nitre, 15 3/4 parts sulphur, and
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21 1/2 partss charcoal.
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3. To charge rocket cases...
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In charging rocket cases, in order to increase the rapidity of it's
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discharge, a wire is sometimes driven into the center of the charge, the
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rammer being constructed with a small bore through it's length, to recieve
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this wire when ramming the charge. This wire is withdrawn when the charge
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is complete, and the space it has left is filled witha quick match, which
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then sets fire to the entire charge at once. This central space is called
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the "soul" of the rocket, and the adoption of this arangement is neccessary
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for large rockets, especially those having heavy pots.
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Well, hope that tfile made sense to you guys. Took me a while to
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learn that myself when I started off. This tfile hasn't finished yet.
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I will release one or two more next month on how to create various colors
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and other awesome tricks that will make you the kid to hang with on
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July 4th...
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ACOUSTiK
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[SPi.ACiD]
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-EOF;)-
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