History of Fireworks :: Design and Technology

invoice of kick upworksThe birthplace of fireworks is generally know as china. It issaid that a Chinese make accidently mixed tierce common kitcheningredients ( grisly powder) Potassium nitrate or salt petre, sulphurand charcoal and lighted it. The result was colourful flames. The cookalso noticed that if the diverseness was burned when enclosed in the holla of a bamboo shoot, there was a tremendous explosion. The premier(prenominal)application of this engineering was for entertainment. Slowly thetheory took root that this loud sound was perfect to chase away evil booze and to celebrate weddings, victories in battles, eclipses ofmoon and phantasmal ceremonies.Once the recipe for black powder was perfected, they found that it waseasily apply as rocket fuel, and they make hand carved wooden rocketsin the shape of a dgoran, in the sixth century. These rockets shotrocket provide arrows from their mouth, and were enjoymentd against theMongol invaders of 1279. The article of belief behind these rockets is stillused in rocket powered fireworks today.From China the fireworks moved on to the West, through braveexplorers. Legend has it that Marco Polo brought this new unintendedinvention to the West from one of his many a(prenominal) trips to China and some other eastern countries. Thus the jockeyledge of making fireworks transmit west,through Arabia in the ordinal century. The Arabs called the rocketsChinese arrows.The earliest recorded use of gunpowder in England, and in all likelihood thewestern world, is by the Franciscan monk Roger Bacon. He was born inIlminster in Somerset in 1214 and lived, as a master of languages,maths, optics and interpersonal chemistry to 1294. He recorded his experiments with amixture which was very inadequate by todays standards but wasrecognisable as gunpowder. His code was very low in saltpetrebecause there was no inhering source available, but it contained theother two essential ingredients charcoal and sulphur.In 1242 he wrote ...if you light it you pass on get thunder andlightening if you know the trick, Fireworks as much(prenominal) probably arrivedin the 14th century, brought substantiate from the East by Crusaders, and they promptly became a form of international entertainment. The firstrecorded fireworks in England were at the wedding of Henry VII in1486. They became very popular during the direct of Queen Elizabeth I.Shakespeare mentions them and they were so much enjoyed by the Queenherself that she created a Fire Master of England. James II was sopleased with his coronation discover that he knighted his firemaster.King Charles V as well had a with child(p) liking for fireworks. He had manyfireworkers in his staff.History of Fireworks Design and TechnologyHistory of FireworksThe birthplace of fireworks is generally recognized as China. It issaid that a Chinese cook accidently mixed three common kitcheningredients (black powder) Potassium nitrate or salt petre, sulphurand cha rcoal and lighted it. The result was colourful flames. The cookalso noticed that if the mixture was burned when enclosed in thehollow of a bamboo shoot, there was a tremendous explosion. The firstapplication of this technology was for entertainment. Slowly thetheory took roots that this loud sound was perfect to chase away evilspirits and to celebrate weddings, victories in battles, eclipses ofmoon and religious ceremonies.Once the recipe for black powder was perfected, they found that it waseasily used as rocket fuel, and they made hand carved wooden rocketsin the shape of a dgoran, in the sixth century. These rockets shotrocket powered arrows from their mouth, and were used against theMongol invaders of 1279. The principle behind these rockets is stillused in rocket powered fireworks today.From China the fireworks moved on to the West, through adventurousexplorers. Legend has it that Marco Polo brought this new accidentalinvention to the West from one of his many trips to China an d othereastern countries. Thus the knowledge of making fireworks spread west,through Arabia in the seventh century. The Arabs called the rocketsChinese arrows.The earliest recorded use of gunpowder in England, and probably thewestern world, is by the Franciscan monk Roger Bacon. He was born inIlminster in Somerset in 1214 and lived, as a master of languages,maths, optics and alchemy to 1294. He recorded his experiments with amixture which was very inadequate by todays standards but wasrecognisable as gunpowder. His formula was very low in saltpetrebecause there was no natural source available, but it contained theother two essential ingredients charcoal and sulphur.In 1242 he wrote ...if you light it you will get thunder andlightening if you know the trick, Fireworks as such probably arrivedin the 14th century, brought back from the East by Crusaders, and theyrapidly became a form of international entertainment. The firstrecorded fireworks in England were at the wedding of Henry VII in1486. They became very popular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.Shakespeare mentions them and they were so much enjoyed by the Queenherself that she created a Fire Master of England. James II was sopleased with his coronation display that he knighted his firemaster.King Charles V as well had a great liking for fireworks. He had manyfireworkers in his staff.