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Allen's Blue Box Stars


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Disclaimer: These are 1) not my formulas 2) rather old.

 

Name of composition: Allen's Best Blue Box Star
Composition Type: Chlorate based pillbox star
Creator: Allen (?)*
Color/Effect: Blue pillbox
The Composition: (by weight)

08....Potassium Chlorate

08....Barium Chlorate

05....Paris Green

02....Shellac

02....Stearin
Any Precautions/Incompatabilities: Contains chlorates as well as paris green.

 

Name of composition: Allen's Good Blue Box Star
Composition Type: Chlorate based pillbox star
Creator: Allen (?)*
Color/Effect: Blue pillbox
The Composition: (by weight)

04....Potassium Chlorate

08....Barium Chlorate

04....Barium Nitrate

05....Paris Green

01....Shellac

01....Stearin
Any Precautions/Incompatabilities: Contains chlorates as well as paris green.

 

Name of composition: Allen's Good Display Blue Box Star
Composition Type: Chlorate based pillbox star
Creator: Allen (?)*
Color/Effect: Blue pillbox
The Composition: (by weight)

04....Potassium Perchlorate

08....Barium Chlorate

04....Barium Nitrate

05....Paris Green

01....Shellac

01....Stearin
Any Precautions/Incompatabilities: Contains chlorates as well as paris green.

 

 

*Does anyone know Allen's full name? I have formulas stored for Allen Bauer, Allen Conti, Allen Clark, Allen Jackson, Allen Lang, etc. but this one just says "Allen".

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I've always been under the general impression the Allen in question is Allen F. Clark. This is the same person of Clark's Giant Steel Fountain notoriety. Tenney Davis lists several formulas attributed to Allen F. Clark in Chemistry of Powder and Explosives. You may want to comb through and see if there are any matches. Ellern or Hardt may also have matches or information.

 

There was another person active a while ago on rec.pyrotechnics and rec.explosives going by the name Alengosvig that could be another possibility. I interacted with him a bit back in my early days in the hobby, and on a few other forums.

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