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Common
Saltpetre, 1 lb.; sulphur, 44 oz.; antimony, 4 oz.; isinglass, oz.; camphor, oz.; Fifty-four per cent. chlorate of potash, 14 sul- alcohol, oz. phur, 16 carbonate of potash, 16 alum.
Green.
Seventy-three per cent. chlorate of potash, 17 sulphur, 10 boracic acid.
Light Green.
Sixty per cent. chlorate of potash, 16 sulphur, 24 carbonate of baryta.