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 -