pyrotechnics

  • How Australia Is Transforming The World Of Fireworks

    How Australia Is Transforming The World Of Fireworks

    Over a thousand years ago, Chinese alchemists created an early form of gunpowder. Made primarily of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal, the ingredients were packed into bamboo shoots and thrown into the fire. The idea was that the subsequent explosion of noise and light would ward off evil spirits. A millennium later, we use this…