Excerpt from Military Pyrotechnics, Vol. 2 of 3: The Manufacture of Military Pyrotechnics, an Exposition of the Present Methods of Manufacture, the Materials and Machinery Used The following volume deals with the manufacture of mili tary pyrotechnics, the materials and machinery used, and the latest approved methods of assembly. During the progress of the World War, the continually changing needs and requirements of the War Department occasioned their corresponding changes for military pyro technics, the result being that when the armistice was signed this branch of the service was undergoing a change and be ing rapidly developed along more scientific lines. It is my aim to show in the following work the methods of manufacture, the materials used, machinery, and manner of assembly practiced by the manufacturers engaged in ful filling contracts for the Government on various forms of pyrotechnics at the time that the armistice was signed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.