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 -