Review of: Introductory Practical Pyrotechnics – Tom Perigrin

Introductory Practical Pyrotechnics  Tom Perigrin Review by Tom Dimock As a pyrotechnist who has a rather public persona on the Internet, I am often called upon to recommend a book on the craft of fireworks to beginning pyrotechnicians. This was always a problem because the available literature was either too advanced or too dated to …
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Review of: Lecture Notes for Pyrotechnic Chemistry – K. L. & B. J. Kosanke

Lecture Notes for Pyrotechnic Chemistry K.L. and B.J. Kosanke Review by Paul Smith The recent output of books providing accurate scientific discourse on pyrotechnics has been almost nonexistent. While there are still copies of many good texts on this subject, new editions to this extant literature have been rare. The publication of the two-part syllabus of …
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Review of: Fireworks, Principles and Practice – Rev. Ron Lancaster

FIREWORKS – PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 4th Edition Rev R Lancaster MBE Review by Christopher Pearce, Chairman – British Pyrotechnists Association The name of Ronald Lancaster has been synonymous with the British Fireworks Industry for the past forty years or so and his firm, Kimbolton Fireworks, has been responsible for many of the major displays staged …
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