File:18th century English illustration of Chinese fireworks.jpg
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An illustration of Chinese fireworks from an English abstract of the text by the French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville. |
| Date | 1764 |
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English abstract by an anonymous author (1764) of Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville (1963). Manière de faire les Fleurs dans les Feux d'Artifice Chinois. Reproduced in Joseph Needham (1986). Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7: Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic. Cambridge University Press. Page 142. |
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| current | 16:57, 17 April 2013 | | 550 × 930 (212 KB) | Rurik the Varangian | User created page with UploadWizard |
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