Author:
Werrett, Simon.
Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2010.
Descriptionviii, 359 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Perfecting the pyrotecnique story: the ingenious invention of artificial fireworks -- Philosophies of fire: pyrotechny as alchemy, magic, and mechanics -- A touch of cold philosophy: incendiarism and experiment at the Royal Society -- Spectacular beginnings: fireworks in eighteenth-century Russia -- Traveling italians: pyrotechnic machine in Paris, London, and St. Petersburg -- The Encyclopédie and the electric fire: pyrotechnic contexts for the arts and sciences -- Philosophical fireworks: domesticating pyrotechnics for a polite society -- Conclusion: the geography of art and science.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-337) and index.
