Honorary Rockets These Are The Same As Sky-rockets Except That

they carry no head nor report, but are closed at top, on which is

fixed a cone; then on the case, close to the top of the stick, is tied

on a two-ounce case, about five or six inches long, filled with a

strong charge, and pinched close at both ends; then in the reverse

side, at each end, bore a hole in the same manner as in tourbillons,

to be presently described; from each hole carry a leader into the top

of the rocket When the rocket is fired, and arrived to its proper

height, it will give fire to the case at top; which will cause both

rocket and stick to spin very fast in their return, and represent a

worm of fire descending to the ground.



There is another method of placing the small case, which is by letting

the stick rise a little above the top of the rocket, and tying the

case to it, so as to rest on the rocket: these rockets have no cones.



A third method by which they are managed is this: in the top of a

rocket fix a piece of wood, in which drive a small iron spindle; then

make a hole in the middle of the small case, through which is put the

spindle; then fix on the top of it a nut, to keep the case from

falling off; when this is done, the case will turn very fast, without

the rocket: but this method does not answer so well as either of the

former.