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Naval & Military Press Ltd
PYROTECHNIA OR A DISCOURSE OF ARTIFICIAL FIRE-WORKS 1635
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When this book was first published in 1635, fireworks were a relative novelty in the western world - although invented by the Chinese in ancient times. The author, an inferior gunner in the military service of Charles I, wrote his treatise on making fireworks for pleasure to please his superior officer, the Earl of Newport, Master of the Kings Ordnance, to whom it is fulsomely dedicated. Babington writes in a clear how to style, and includes instructions - and delightful diagrams and illustrations - on making and lighting many types of fireworks familiar to us today, including rockets and Catherine wheels. There are many more elaborate fireworks listed too, including instructions for making a Royal coat of arms in fire; and directions for staging a duel between a St George and a fire-breathing dragon. One of the oldest titles ever published by the Naval & Military Press, this beautifully illustrated and instructive volume well-deserves its accolade by fireworks expert Chris Phillips as The most important work in the bibliography of fireworks.
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