Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework MakingBrock, Alan St. H. (Alan St. Hill)
History
Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making
Brock, Alan St. H. (Alan St. Hill)
Fireworks
1573. London. Peter Whitehorne: How to make Saltpetre, Gunpowder,
etc.
1578. William Bourne: Inventions and Devices.
1579. Leonard Diggs: Stratistico.
1588. London. Cyprian Lucar: Lucar Appendix, collected to shew the
Properties, Office and Dutie of a Gunner, and to teach him
to make and refine artificial Saltpeeter to sublime for
Gunpowder, etc. (annexed to a translation of Tartagalia’s
book).
1591. London. Anonymous: A profitable and Necessary Book of
Observations for all those that are burned with the flame of
Gunpowder, etc.
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mundi.
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_c._ 1620. W. Eldred: The Gunners Glasse.
1628. Robert Norton: The Gunner.
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Fireworks.
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1635. London. John Bate: Mysteries of Nature and Art. The Second
Book teaching most plainly and withall most exactly the
composing of all manner of Fireworks for Tryumph and
Recreation.
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1735. Paris. Jean Baptiste Du-Halde: Description géographique
historique, Chronologique et physique de l’empire de la
Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise.
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Feuerwerker.
1765 & 1776. London. Lieut. Robert Jones: A new Treatise on
Artificial Fireworks.
1801 & 1821. Paris. Claude-Fortuné Ruggieri: Elémens de
Pyrotechnie.
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Ruggieri und Thomas Morel.
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1824. London. G. W. Mortimer: A Manual of Pyrotechny.
1824. Strassburg. J. Ravichio de Peretsdorf: Traité de pyrotechnie
militaire, contenant tous les artifices de guerre en usage
en Autriche.
1836. Bruxelles. Capt. Moritz Meyer (translated into French by
Lieut. Hippert): Pyrotechnie Raisonnée.
1845. Madrid. D’Antonio Bermejo: Manual de pirotechnica militar.
1845. Paris. Joseph Toussaint Reinaud and General Ildephonse Favé:
Histoire de l’artillerie. 1^{ère} partie. Du feu grégois des
feu de guerre et des origines de la poudre à canon.
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