The History of Fireworks – Middle ages to Modern Times

cliftonjones8133 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:39:28 +0000

After its beginnings in the Far East, gunpowder and fireworks began to move westward. Marco Polo is credited with bringing them to the Middle East where Crusaders from Europe discovered them and brought them on to Europe. Roger Bacon (1214-1294), the great English scholar, was one of the first Europeans to do a study on gunpowder.

Blackcat Fireworks

This formula is still in use today. It was the Italians who developed the art of explosive fireworks around this same time.

Amedee-Francois Frezier, a Frenchman, wrote ?Treatise on Fireworks? in 1706. This was the first major study that concentrated on their use for recreational and ceremonial activities rather than their military use.

The first ?Independence Day? celebration there was complete with firework displays even though actual Independence was not won for six more years.

The technology has traveled from its beginning there all the way around the world. It is still a developing technology and there is still more to learn about it. In 2004, Disney Land in California used compressed air instead of gunpowder to launch the rockets into the air.

The History of Fireworks - Middle ages to Modern Times

The History of Fireworks – Middle ages to Modern Times