Perfecting the pyrotecnique story: the ingenious invention of artificial fireworks
Philosophies of fire: pyrotechny as alchemy, magic, and mechanics
A touch of cold philosophy: incendiarism and experiment at the Royal Society
Spectacular beginnings: fireworks in eighteenth-century Russia
Traveling italians: pyrotechnic machine in Paris, London, and St. Petersburg
The Encyclopédie and the electric fire: pyrotechnic contexts for the arts and sciences
Philosophical fireworks: domesticating pyrotechnics for a polite society
Conclusion: the geography of art and science.
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Fireworks : pyrotechnic arts and sciences in European history by Simon Werrett. ISBN 9780226893778. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
