Fireworks

Fireworks were introduced by Droughtman to celebrate the 4th of July.

Powder Colors

By mixing various dusts sold in Droughtman's Travelling Emporium-on-Wheels, you can create a variety of colored powders to be used in fireworks.

Dust 1 Dust 2 Dust 3 Final Color Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Red Violet Blue Blue Silver Sparkling Blue Blue Blue White Royal-Blue Blue Blue Yellow Sea-Green Blue Red Red Maroon Blue Red Silver Sparkling Purple Blue Red White Lavender Blue Red Yellow Brown Blue Silver Silver Shimmering Blue Blue Silver White Sparkling Sky-Blue Blue Silver Yellow Sparkling Green Blue White White Sky-Blue Blue White Yellow Light green Blue Yelow Yellow Lime Green Red Red Red Red Red Red Silver Sparkling Red Red Red White Rose

Dust 1 Dust 2 Dust 3 Final Color Red Red Yellow Dark Orange Red Silver Silver Shimmering Red Red Silver White Sparkling Pink Red Silver Yellow Sparkling Orange Red White White Pink Red White Yellow Light Orange Red Yellow Yellow Golden Silver Silver Silver Sparkling Silver Silver Silver White Shimmering White Silver Silver Yellow Shimmering Yellow Silver White White Sparkling White Silver White Yellow Sparkling Yellow Silver Yellow Yellow Sparkling Yellow White White White White White White Yellow Light Yellow White Yellow Yellow Canary Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow

Black Powder

Mix 1 part crushed charcoal with 10 parts oil. Dry the result, and then crush the black lump into black powder.

Sparkling Wands

Components

• 3 colored dusts
• 1 mixing canister
• 1 sticky wand

Proceedure

1) Mix three dusts in mixing canister, at least one of which must be silver.

2) CLOSE and SHAKE the canister.

3) APPLY the resulting powder to the sticky wand

4) LIGHT the wand to set off.

Sky Rocket

Components

• 3-9 colored dusts
• 1 mixing canister
• 1-2 sticky parchment
• 1-3 doses of black powder
• 1 hollow cylinder
• 1 dose of naphtha
• 1 wax stopper

Proceedure

1) Mix up between one and three powders, each requiring three sets of dust.

2) APPLY black powder to the sticky parchment

3) APPLY colored powder to parchment

4) TURN the parchment over if a second color is desired (optional)

5) APPLY black powder to the sticky parchment (optional)

6) APPLY colored powder to parchment (optional)

7) ROLL parchment into a taper

8) Repeat steps 1 to 6 (optional)

9) PUT taper into an unrolled parchment 2

10) POUR naphtha into hollow cylinder

11) PUT taper into cylinder

12) APPLY wax stopper to cylinder

13) LIGHT cylinder to launch

Projector Cone

Components

• 3-18 colored dusts
• 1 mixing canister
• 2-12 doses of black powder (made from CRUSHed flint)
• 1 hollow cone
• 1-6 dose of naphtha
• 1 wax stopper

Proceedure

1) Mix up between one and six powders, each requiring three sets of dust.

2) POUR naphtha into hollow cone (optional)

3) APPLY black powder to the cone

4) APPLY black powder to the cone (optional)

5) APPLY colored powder to parchment

6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 up to five additional times (optional)

7) LIGHT cone to set off

Varying the black powder amount and inclusion of naphtha will change the effect that is produced with that layer's color.

Also See

• Droughtman's Travelling Emporium-on-Wheels (2)
• Droughtman's Travelling Emporium-on-Wheels (3)

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