Pyrotechnics - The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 1

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let’s relax and sleep with quiet thoughts on a loud art, including speculation on Eastern origins, deadly Greek fire, and every mention of fireworks in Europe for a thousand years (no, really).<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! All supporters in July will be entered into a giveaway for a custom episode of Boring Books for Bedtime made just for you. Yay!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Patreon:</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Buy Me a Coffee:</span> <a href= "https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> Read “Pyrotechnics: The History & Art of Firework Making” at Project Gutenberg: <a href= "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64922">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64922</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">Music: "Peace,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, <a href= "https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com">https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com</a></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you'd like to suggest a copy