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 in the UK since 1980. The fourth edition of Fireworks – Principles and Practice is the current, and perhaps final, stage in the evolution of a book that was first published in 1972.
When the first edition made its appearance, there was relatively little in the way of published material in respect of fireworks manufacture (certainly in the UK). The book was therefore seen as a natural successor to classic texts such as Weingart’s Pyrotechnics (1947). Over the past twenty years or so, there has been an explosion (sic) in the number of publications dealing with both fireworks and pyrotechnics, at both practical and theoretical levels. However, Lancaster’s book still has its place and the 4th edition is a further refinement on its predecessor, which appeared in 1998.
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Ref: JPyro, Issue 23, 2006, pp 67-68
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