Illfelder v. United States

A mixture of iron filings, magnesium, aluminum, nitrate of barium, and gum, in proportions not disclosed by the record, attached to a *110thin strip of metal or wood to serve as a handle, constitutes an article of merchandise known as “sparklers” or “sparklets.” When ignited by a lighted match or by scratching a match-like preparation with which the end of some of the “sparklers” is fitted, a vigorous combustion of the magnesium and iron filings is immediately set up, followed by a display of brilliant sparks, stars, and scintillations. The combustion of the metallic components of the merchandise…