I used to use CO2 cartridges and match heads, with model rocket fuse from the hobby store. If you overfill the cartridge, or pack it, it works more like rocket engine and slow(er) burns. There needs to be some space inside for the initial spark to spread to get something more exciting. I suppose I never tried somehow packing it with the fuse all the way through the material. You want to get as much of the material to burn as quickly as possible. Found that grinding the powder out of model rocket engines (yikes!) works better than match heads but is decidedly more sketchy.

I grew up pre-internet. A high shcool friend had a copy of that book, but we never used it for much. Found our own fun.

We were just boys being boys back then, I'm sure we'd be in big trouble with those things now. Do not try this at home.