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090616s2010 iluab b 001 0 eng c |
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$a9780226893778 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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$aTP268$b.W47 2010 |
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$a662/.1094$222 |
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$aWerrett, Simon. |
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$aFireworks :$bpyrotechnic arts and sciences in European history /$cSimon Werrett. |
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$aChicago ;$aLondon :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$cc2010. |
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$aviii, 359 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c24 cm. |
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$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-337) and index. |
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$aPerfecting 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. |
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$aFireworks$zEurope$xHistory. |
