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
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