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Smoke Bombs

Here is the recipe for one helluva smoke bomb!

4 parts sugar
6 parts Sodium nitrate (Salt Peter)

Heat this mixture over a LOW flame until it melts, stirring well. Pour it into a future container and, before it solidifies, imbed a few matches into the mixture to use as fuses. One pound of this stuff will fill up a whole block with thick, white smoke!

Do not use Sodium Chlorate for this smoke bomb.  The Chlorate will self ignite and is very dagures.

Another less dangerous smoke bomb one that I made up myself.  It does not work as well, but is a lot safer to make.
What you need is.
4 Parts Sugar
10 Parts Sodium Chlorate or Nitrate
and about 2 - 3 meters of cotton or wool.
Put the sugar and the Chlorate or Nitrate is a bole and mix with some water until it is paste like.  Then add the string and mix well.
The mixer will not mix that well with the string, but this does not tend to matter.  Take an empty drinks can and cut it in half.  Put all of the mixer in to the can and let it dry for a bit.  It will not dry fully, but this doesn't matter and can be lit as soon as it has been made, to help light it, sprinkle some gunpowder on top before lighting.

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