Publication:

Pyrotechnics. The History & Art of Firework Making

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    Authors & editors

    Brock, A. St. H. [Author]

    Publisher Daniel O'Connor
    Year of publication 1922
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    Medium Book
    Edition1
    Topics

    Manufacturing > Gunpowder & charcoal

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    Accession no. 231974

    • Shelf location: K250-BRO
    • Donor: Alan and Glenys Crocker collection

    Divisions within this publication

    • 0: Chapter
    • 0: Contents
    • 0: Introduction
    • 1: The Origin of Pyrotechny
    • 2: Pyrotechny in the East
    • 3: Pyrotechny in Europe
    • 4: Pyrotechny in Europe (continued)
    • 5: London Pleasure Gardens
    • 6: Fireworks in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
    • 7: Firework Manufacture
    • 8: Modern Firework Manufacture
    • 9: Firework Accidents
    • 10: Part II
    • 11: 1. Simple Fireworks, Rocket Class
    • 12: 2. Simple Fireworks, Shell Class
    • 13: 3. Simple Fireworks, Mine Class
    • 14: 4. Simple Fireworks, Saxon and Lance Classes
    • 15: 5. Compound Fireworks
    • 16: 6. Compound Fireworks (continued)
    • 17: 7. Firework Compositions
    • 18: 8. Modern Firework Compositions
    • 19: 9. Military Pyrotechny
    • 20: 10. Military Pyrotechny in the Great War
    • 21: 11. The Civil Use of Fireworks
    • 22: List of the Principal Ingredients used in Pyrotechny at the present time
    • 23: Pyrotechic Bibliography
    • 24: Index