Contents -
1. The History of Fireworks 1 -
2. Firework Materials 25 -
3. General Pyrotechnic Principles 53 -
4. Mixing and Charging 63 -
5. Containers 75 -
6. Stars 85 -
7. Colored Fires, Bengals, Lances, Portfires, Torches 97 -
8. Roman Candles, Comets, Mines 109 -
9. Noisemakers 119 -
10. Rockets 125 -
11. Drivers, Saxons, Tourbillions 135 -
12. Shells 143 -
13. Gerbs, Fountains, Rains, Squibs, Cones 159 -
14. Pinwheels and Crackers 167 -
15. Indoor Fireworks 173 -
16. Fuses, Quickmatch 181 -
17. Smoke 187 -
18. Exhibition Fireworks 193 -
19. The Manufacturing Processes of Firework Composition 205 -
References 269 -
Index 271 -