colored fires

pl. Compositions, generally based on powder or its components, used in pyrotochny for making various ornamental fire-works, known as lances, stars, lights, wheel - fires, sun-fires, . ( Knight.) colored gla , s . A gla used to interpose between the light and its illuminated field; used as a signal for railways and ships; also in lighthouses to give a marked peculiarity to the light by which it may be recognized; also for purposes of display, ( Knight .) colored light, s . A pyrotechnic display or signal for effect or preconcerted purpose. One formula for its composition is as follows: (1) White light: 8 parts saltpeter, 2 parts sulphur, 2 parts antimony. (2) Red light: 20 parts nitrate of strontia, 5 parts chlorate of potash, 61⁄2 parts sulphur, 1 part char (5) Green light: 20 parts nitrate of baryta, 18 parts ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The wild beauty of the lofty peaks and picturesque parks pertaining to these ranges, makes the State the most attractive to the tourist of all the States in the Union. Princi pal cities, Denver, the capital and metropolis; Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Leadville, Trinidad, Aspen, and Bouider. B. As adj .: Pertaining to Colorado. Colorado-beetle, s . Entom.: A beetle first described by Thomas Say, in 1824, from specimens found by him near the Upper Mi ouri. He called it Doryphora decemlineata . The genus Doryphora had been previously founded by Illiger. It comes from Gr. doryphoros =spear bearing, the reference being to the fact that in these insects the me so sternum is advanced to a point like a horn. The genus is American, and is placed under the Chrysomelide. The larva of the species distinguished as de cemlineata feeds greedily on the potato, and having attracted notico in Colorado for its ravages among the crops of that esculent in the territory, it moved Colorado-beetle, eastward year by year, till in 1874 it had reached the Atlantic sea-board. *col-or-āte, a . [Lat. color at us , pa, par. of coloro =to color; color =color.] Colored, dyed, marked, or stained with a color. "Had the tunicles and humors of the eye been color ate , many rays from visible objects would have been stopt."Ray. potash, 5 parts sulphur, 1 part carbonate of copper, 1 part calomel. ( Knight.)