A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: [sic] Malthus.

Title

A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: [sic] Malthus.

Author

Malthus, Francis.

Publication

[London] :: Printed [by W. Jones] for Richard Havvkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancerie lane neere to Serieants Inne,

1629.

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Fireworks -- Early works to 1800.

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"A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: [sic] Malthus." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06780.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• frontispiece
• THE PREFACE Apologetique to the Reader.
• To the Authour.
• A TREATISE OF FIRE-WORKES. for Warre.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II. The manner how to make the Morter-Peece.
  • CHAP. III. The manner how to make granades or mettle for the morter, or hand.
  • CHAP. IV. The manner how to make Gra∣nads of Canuas for the Morter.
  • CHAP. V. How to make fiery arrowes.
  • CHAP. VI. How the granads are to be charged into the morter.
  • CHAP. VII. The manner how to shoot the granads.
  • CHAP. VIII. A most violent method to set a Towne on fire.
  • CHAP. IX. How to make Granads to cast with mens hands.
  • CHAP. X. How to make fiery wheeles to be cast with mens hands.
  • CHAP. XI. How to make a Shippe of wilde Fire.
  • CHAP. XII. How to make a Pe∣tard.
• THE SECOND TREATISE OF AR∣tificiall Fire-workes for pleasure.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II. A method to make moulds for rocket for the Ayre.
  • CHAP. III. How to make a flying rocket for the Ayre.
  • CHAP. IV. How to make moulds for Rockets for the ground.
  • CHAP. V. How to make the composition for rockets vpon the ground.
  • CHAP. VI. The manner how to make Serpents.
  • CHAP. VII. How to make golden rayne.
  • CHAP. VIII. The manner how to make Starres.
  • CHAP. IX. How to make Starres giuing great Reports.
  • CHAP. X. The manner how to make Sau∣cissons.
  • CHAP. 11. How to make Stoupel or preparing of your Cotten wieke.
  • CHAP. XII. The manner how to assemble and set together the parts of a rocket.
  • CHAP. XIII. How to represent diuers sorts of fi∣gures in the Ayre with Rockets.
  • CHAP. XIV. How to make fierie boxes.
  • CHAP. XV. How to make fierie Lances.
  • CHAP. XVI. The manner how to make Rockets for the water.
  • CHAP. XVII. How to make Girondells or fierie Wheeles.
  • CHAP. XVIII. The manner how to make Ballouns.
  • CHAP. XIX. How to make flying Saucissons.
  • CHAP. XX. How to make short Gunnes for the Saucissons.
  • CHAP. XXI. The manner how to dispose and build a great or little Fire∣worke.
  • CHAP. XXII. A most pretious vnguent for any burning.
• A Treatise of practicall Geometrie.
  • The method how to make the Crosse.
  • PROPOSITION I. How to take a height accessible.
  • PROPOSITION. II. How to take a height inaccessible, or one height vpon another height.
  • PROP. III. How to take any distance vpon a place accessible or inaccessible.
  • PROPOSITION IV. Another manner how to take a distance inaccessible.
  • PROP. V. How to take a distance onely vpon a line parallell to it.
  • PROP. VIII. How to take the depth of a valley.
  • PROP. IX. The manner how to take either di∣stance or altitude with the Sector.
  • PROP. X. How to take any distance or altitude inaccessible with the Sector.
  • PROP. XI. Of Sines, Secants▪ and Tangents.
  • PROPOSITION. XII. Hovv to take any altitude or distance by the Sines, Tangents and Secants.
  • PROP. XIII. How to take any altitude or di∣stance inaccessible by the sines.
  • The manner how to take the plane of a towne, or any place out of musket-shot.
  • CHAP. I. A treaty of fortifications as well regularly as irregularly.
  • CHAP. II. Denominations of the parties of Fortifications.
  • CHAP. III. How to build a trianguler Fort.
  • CHAP. IV. How to build a square Fort.
  • CHAP. V. How to build the Pantagone Fort.
  • CHAP. VI. How to build the Fort Hexagone.
  • CHAP. VII. How to build the Heptagone.
  • CHAP. VIII. How to build the Octogone.
  • CHAP. IX. The description of the heigth, depth, and thicknes of euery part of a compleat Fortification.
  • CHAP. X. The manner how to fortifie places irregularly.
  • CHAP. XI. A Fortification irregular.
  • CHAP. XII. Another manner of fortifying ir∣regularly.
• A TREATISE OF A∣rithmetike.
  • CHAP. I. Addition
    • The Proofe.
  • CHAP. II. Substraction.
    • The Proofe.
  • CHAP. III. Multiplication.
    • The Proofe.
  • CHAP. IV. Diuision.
    • The Proofe.
  • CHAP. V. Rules of Fractions.
  • CHAP. VI. How to reduce intiers and Fracti∣ons all into Fractions.
  • CHAP. VI. To reduce all fractions into one de∣nomination.
    • Addition of Fractions.
  • CHAP. VII. Additions of intiers and fractions.
  • CHAP. VIII. Substraction of Fractions.
  • CHAP. IX. Substractions of intiers and fra∣ctions.
  • CHAP. X. Multiplication of Fractions.
  • CHAP. XI. Multiplication of entiers and Fractions.
  • CHAP. XII. The diuision of Fractions.
  • CHAP. XIII. To diuide intiers and fractions by intiers and fractions.
  • CHAP. XIV. Evaluation of fractions which may not be abridged.
  • CHAP. XV. For the eualuation of measuring lands.
  • CHAP. XVI. Of the rule of three without fra∣ctions.
    • The probation of this Rule.
  • CHAP. XVII. Of the rule of three with intiers and fractions.
    • The first example.
    • The second example.
  • CHAP. XVIII. Extraction of the square roote.
  • CHAP. XIX. Another example of the square root.
• THE CONTENTS.
• MILITARY BOOKS PRINTED FOR T. and I. EGERTON, MILITARY LIBRARY, Whitehall.