Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making

Alan St. Hill Brock (1886 - 1956)

Captain St. Hill Brock presents here, in Part I, a brief history of pyrotechnics from origins in the East through the present. Part II delves more into a description of the fireworks themselves, there manufacture, and some modern uses, and a tribute to his brother, Wing-Commander Frank Arthur Brock, R.N.A.S. Killed at Zeebrugge April 23rd, 1918. From his introduction: “My object has not been to write a text-book on firework-making, but rather to trace the art from earliest times, and to give a description of the development and process of manufacture. . . . My excuse for adding another volume to the literature of the art is that I am of the eighth generation of a family of pyrotechnists, whose work, I venture to claim, has not been without its effect.” - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Technology & Engineering

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Dediction and Introduction Larry Wilson
00:05:41
Play 01 The Origin of Pyrotechny Larry Wilson
00:05:29
Play 02 Pyrotechny in the East Cavaet
00:12:19
Play 03 Pyrotechny in Europe Cavaet
00:17:56
Play 04 Pyrotechny in Europe (continued) Cavaet
00:16:42
Play 05 London Pleasure Gardens Stacey Malcolm
00:13:47
Play 06 Fireworks in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Part 1 Bob Bodie
00:17:02
Play 07 Fireworks in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Part 2 Tom Merritt
00:22:29
Play 08 Firework Manufacture Christine Rottger
00:30:17
Play 09 Modern Firework Manufacture Stat51
00:17:16
Play 10 Firework Accidents prajak
00:23:29
Play 11 Simple Fireworks, Rocket Class Martha H. Weller
00:24:50
Play 12 Simple Fireworks, Shell Class Martha H. Weller
00:12:28
Play 13 Simple Fireworks, Mine Class Brian Burruss
00:10:15
Play 14 Simple Fireworks, Saxon and Lance Classes Brian Burruss
00:08:46
Play 15 Compound Fireworks Cavaet
00:16:46
Play 16 Compound Fireworks (continued) Cavaet
00:09:02
Play 17 Firework Compositions prajak
00:19:00
Play 18 Modern Firework Compositions prajak
00:16:29
Play 19 Military Pyrotechny Ryan Williams
00:25:02
Play 20 Military Pyrotechny in the Great War Cavaet
00:18:06
Play 21 The Civil Use of Fireworks De Anna Lee
00:11:43
Play 22 List of the Principal Ingredients Used in Pyrotechny at the Present Time Larry Wilson
00:02:35