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An illustration of Chinese fireworks from an English abstract of the text by the French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville.
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| 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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