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Pyrotechnical sponge

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See under Sponge.
a substance made of mushrooms or fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder, brought from Germany.

See also: Pyrotechnic Sponge


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