Propellants and Explosives: Thermochemical Aspects of Combustion Naminosuke Kubota Review by M. K. Hudson Kubota’s new title covers a wide area, as its name suggests. However, as its subtitle indicates, the author has ocused on the thermo aspects of combustible materials. An examination of the book shows that it contains nine chapters, which can be …
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Review of: Firework Art – Mark Flemming
Firework Art Mark Flemming Reviewed by Tom Smith, CarnDu Ltd, UK This is a very nostalgic book, giving examples of firework labels, posters and point of sale material over the period of my childhood as well as before. The labels are exceptionally well reproduced, my only critisism would be that additional information, including the approximate …
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Review of: Black Powder Manufacture Methods and Technique – Ian von Maltitz’s
Black Powder Manufacture Methods and Technique Ian von Maltitz Review by John Bergman In this book, Mr. von Maltitz has compiled a wealth of historical data about black powder, descriptions of commercial and amateur production methods, equipment, ingredients, formulae, and even comparative performance data. Probably nowhere else is so much basic information about this most …
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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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