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