Book Review Firework Displays: Explosive Entertainment

By: Dr. Tom Smith Published by: Chemical Publishing Company – www.chemical-publishing.com ISBN: 978-0-8206-0064-2 (B&W Hardcover) ISBN: 978-0-8206-0064-1 (Color Hardcover) ISBN: 978-0-8206-0064-8 (eBook) More information please click here This book gives a very comprehensive overview of the world of fireworks. It comprises – amongst others – information on historical developments of firework displays, introduces the large variety of(sub-) types …
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2010 ACS Calendar

The American Chemical Society have publsihed, online and in hard copy, their 2010 “Colors of Chemistry” calendar. January references the Journal of Pyrotechnics paper Copper in Pyrotechnics It is well worth a download of the calendar, or seeing if you can get a hard copy – it contains some nice images

Book Review: Initiation of Explosives & Pyrotechnic Materials

By: Jean-Rene Duguet – R&D Manager and Consultant in Pyrotechnics. Preface by: Dr Attie Goosen Published by: Cultures et Techniques – cultures.techniques@hotmail.fr ISBN: 978-2-918209-02-7 Price: 50Euros This small paperback book is packed with information on the chemistry and mechanics of initiation and has extensive chapters on:- General outline Explosives and Production Processes Initaitors and Related …
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Grass Tree Gum – Reprint of 1858 Article

The following was brought to our attention by Barry Sturman. It originally appeared in Quarterly Journal and Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1858) pp 119–120. CORRESPONDENCE.  GRASS TREE GUM—(AUSTRALIAN DRAGON’S BLOOD) Letter from Dr. McCrea, Chief Medical Officer. C. M. O. Office, Melbourne, 23rd May, 1858. Click download link …
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Review of: Black Powder Manufacturing, Testing, and Optimizing – Ian von Maltitz

Black Powder Manufacturing, Testing, and Optimizing Ian von Maltitz Review by J Bergman As Mr. von Maltitz states in the preface, this work is not merely a second edition of his earlier book, Black Powder Manufacture, Methods and Techniques, as reviewed in Journal of Pyrotechnics No. 7 (Summer 1998). Despite similarities in its content and …
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Preface to Three Reviews of Pyrotechnics – A P Hardt

Pyrotechnics A P Hardt Reviews by B. E. Douda, S. D. Poehlein & S. K. Wilharm and B. Sturman On occasion, when a book to be reviewed has special significance, we have included more than one reviewer’s comments about it. In the present case we are including three reviews by authors with differing backgrounds, and …
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Review of: Proximate Special Effects Familiarization & Safety – J. Larry Mattingly, David A. Opperman, MD, Francis “Pinky” Pinkerton

Review of: Proximate Special Effects Familiarization & Safety  J. Larry Mattingly, David A. Opperman, MD, Francis “Pinky” Pinkerton Review by Stephen Miller M.I.Exp.E., After many years of drought, the rain is falling for those praying for a basic technical reference book on stage pyrotechnics. The stage and special effects industry as a whole has been …
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Review of: Ignition Handbook – Vytenis Babrauskas

Review of: Ignition Handbook  Vytenis Babrauskas Review by K. L. Kosanke What an incredible reference text, especially to have been assembled by a single author. The book has 1116 large format pages (8.5 by 11 inches), is printed on high quality paper and sturdily bound, is well indexed (36 pages), is very thoroughly referenced (one …
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Comment on: “Review of Pyrotechnics” that appeared in Issue 18, Winter 2003

Ron Lancaster In the late 1960s there was only Weingart’s Pyrotechnics, and it was a suggestion of a rewrite to the Publisher that led to my own first edition in 1972. As we have grown in experience there have been two further editions. It has been interesting to see how many little bits of new …
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Review of: Rocket Propulsion Elements, Seventh Edition – George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz

Rocket Propulsion Elements, Seventh Edition George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz Review by K. Koenig The seventh edition continues the high standards of this long-running text. The analysis, although a little sparse, is clearly presented. As in the previous editions, there is an abundance of figures and tables. And there is much information on practical design …
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