Fireworks

device · 800 · Middle Ages

Pyrotechnics based on gunpowder.

What it is made of

• Lift charge — has part. It launches the shell from the mortar.
• Firework stars — has part. Pellets with metal salts that give the colour.
• Time fuse — has part. A fuse that sets the moment of the burst.

Principles and materials it uses

• Gunpowder — uses. Gunpowder.
• Paper — is made of. The body of a firework is a paper tube.

History: what it evolved from and what it influenced

• Rocket — evolved into. Chinese gunpowder rockets grew out of pyrotechnics.

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