6 interesting facts about fireworks

The first fireworks invented by accident. It was made of bamboo

Fireworks invented in China - many people know about it. But what is surprising is that they have come up before gunpowder. More BC in China notice if dry bamboo on the fire and overdone (ie overheating stick), then it explodes with a loud "bang". These enterprising Chinese used firecrackers to frighten opponents: imaginary (various evil spirits) and real (wild animals and invaders).

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More specifically, the powder also invented by accident, while engaged in the search for immortality. It happened also in China at the end of the first millennium AD. People realized that crackers with sparks spirits more frightened, so adapted new substance for the creation of the first "real" fireworks. And only after 200-300 years later, the military realized how to use gunpowder for war.

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Invented gunpowder for fireworks

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For the color of fireworks respond metals

Fireworks - a box with energy. Explosions and fires are the result of chemical reactions (ie oxidation, in a simple way - burning) that release this energy as light. Each chemical element, burning, light of the particular color. To get a red light, the mixture was added to the salt of strontium and lithium, blinding white flashes produce titanium and magnesium, and green lights - a barium. Use different metals for the production of colored fireworks began relatively late - in the 1830s in Italy.

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And that sound too

Whistling, rumbling, crackling and hissing - all these "side" effects arise due to the nature of the combustible mixture for the fireworks. When salts of organic layers are combusted, gas is produced, which is responsible for the characteristic whistling during missile launch. Titanium in the mixture makes a "bang" and aluminum or iron, spark and crackle.

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Salute different from the fireworks. But not much

In the Russian language the two words - "fireworks" and "fireworks" - borrowed. Only the word "fireworks" came through the war: fireworks called (and called) shooting blank cartridges of guns and rifles. So did, for example, to greet the heroes. Fireworks also called any "fiery fun", who organized the holidays without military equipment. However, you can not bother to call and salutes and fireworks as you like - it is now synonymous.

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Kings and kings loved fireworks

Once the powder has penetrated into Europe, monarchs appreciated the beauty of fireworks. The first record of the fireworks in England dated 1486 year - Henry VII gave a fiery performance at his own wedding. After that kings and emperors constantly used fireworks to charm and please the subjects.
In Russia, the fireworks were called "fiery fun", they arranged more in the XIV century. And Peter I and itself makes all the figures for the holidays and decrees commanded all nobles run the fireworks on New Year's night.

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