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PART I

CHAPTER                        PAGE

Introduction     xiii

I The Origin of Pyrotechny     3

II Pyrotechny in the East     6

III Pyrotechny in Europe     13

IV Pyrotechny in Europe (continued)     23

V London Pleasure Gardens     32

VI Fireworks in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries     39

VII Firework Manufacture     57

VIII Modern Firework Manufacture     69

IX Firework Accidents     77

PART II

I Simple Fireworks, Rocket Class     91

II Simple Fireworks, Shell Class     103

III Simple Fireworks, Mine Class     110

IV Simple Fireworks, Saxon and Lance Classes     116

V Compound Fireworks     121

VI Compound Fireworks (continued)     131

VII Firework Compositions     136

VIII Modern Firework Compositions     144

IX Military Pyrotechny     152

X Military Pyrotechny in the Great War     164

XI The Civil Use of Fireworks     175

List of the Principal Ingredients used in Pyrotechny at the present time     181

Pyrotechnic Bibliography     182

Index     187