FIREWORKS, THE ART-SCIENCE & TECHNIQUE. HARD COVER
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Fireworks: The Art, Science, and Technique By Dr. Takeo Shimizu. This is certainly the classic fireworks making book of all time. Out of print for years, a new edition was revised and released in June 1996. Along with Lancaster's book, it is one of the two most important books on current methods in the craft of fireworks making. Topics include fireworks arrangement and art, the science of fireworks, ignition, combustion, flame colors and temperatures, flame color adjustment, spark phenomena, smokes, oxidizers, color agents, combustion agents, examination of most fireworks chemicals and their properties, smoke dyes, other chemicals, binders, papers, explosives and fuses, mixing chemicals, making all types of stars, loading compositions, pasting with paper, fuse manufacture, drying methods, bursting charges, colored flame compositions, silver compositions, fire dust compositions, twinklers (strobes), flare and smoke stars, flash, whistles, hummers, comets, falling leaves, flowers, waterfalls, chrysanthemums and other shell construction, comets on shells, lancework, mines, candles, drivers and saxons, toy fireworks, fireworks and display management, and safety. Shipping weight 3 lbs.