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To Make Touch Paper


Dissolve in some spirits of wine or vinegar, a little saltpetre; then

take some purple or blue paper, wet it with the above liquor, and when

dry it will be fit for use. When you paste this paper on any of your

works, take care that the paste does not touch that part which is to

burn.



The method of using this paper is, by cutting it into slips, long

enough to go once round the mouth of the serpent, cracker, &c. When

you paste on these slips, leave a little, above the mouth of the case,

not pasted; then prime the case with meal-powder (see p. 165) and

twist the paper to a point.



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