Fireworks Facts
A firework can be defined as a device that uses combustion or explosion and produces a visual or auditory effect. Fireworks were invented more than 2000 years ago in China. China is also the largest manufacturer and exporter of fireworks. Approximately 90% supply originates from there. The first ever recorded use of fireworks was in England at the wedding of King Henry VII in 1486. There are different shapes of fireworks and each shape has its own name. The skill of creating and setting them off is called pyrotechnics. The word has been derived from Greek words that mean fire and art.
Quick Facts: –
- There are three main components that are required which are an oxidizer, a fuel, and a chemical mix to produce the color.
- Blue is the hardest firework color to produce this is the reason why blue-color fireworks are dimmer as compared to other colors.
- The largest consumer of fireworks is the Walt Disney Company. It is also the second largest purchaser of explosive devices.
- The largest firework rocket weighed 13 kg and was produced and launched in 2010 in Portugal.
- The unusual fear of fireworks is known as kovtapyroergasoiphobia.
- Queen Elizabeth I was really into fireworks and she even created a court position called ‘Fire Master of England’.
- Modern firework displays use aerial shells resembling ice cream cones. Aerial shells were invented in Italy.
- Initially, fireworks were used to accompany many festivities and sometimes to scare off evil spirits.
- Firework makers are strictly instructed to wear cotton clothes because synthetic fabrics generate static electricity.