Today, let's talk a little about the Fireworks history . It all started with the Chinese threwing bamboo pieces into fire to produce explosions. A batch of Gunpowder: Later, they invented the Gunpowder (Black Powder) , a mixture of Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) - 75%, Charcoal (C) - 15% and Sulphur (S) - 10% near the 9th century and used it primarly in some kind of ancient fire arms like fire arrows, fire lances and hand cannons. The previous bamboo pieces thrown into fire, were now replaced by Gunpowder packed artifacts, later known as Firecrackers and here, the Fireworks shows as we know nowadays started happening. The Chinese believed the bangs caused by their Fireworks were capable of expel evil spirits and give happiness and luck - true or not, if you see a Fireworks show today, you'll certainly feel happy for at least moment! Years later, explorers and travellers took Gunpowder into Europe and the Italians started adding metal and/or metal salts to ...
Some words about the Black Powder and Fireworks art, science and technique around the World.