A rare find for the ordnance expert and advanced pyrotechnist, supplying a wealth of info on the behavior of fireworks and explosives substances and phenomena - both chemical and physical chapters include black powder, pyrotechnics: color stars & flares, fusees, torches, lances, whistles, rockets, roman candles, gerbs, wheels, fountains, comets, aerial shells & mortars, toy caps, torpedoes, firecrackers, sparklers, smokes, etc., etc. Also covered are properties of powders, dynamite and other explosives, nitromines, primary explosives, detonators and primers. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 hardcover - 490 pages, illustrated. 490 PAGES