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Fireworks

by iMinds
ebook

Learn the history of Fireworks with iMinds insightful knowledge series.

A Chinese book from 850 CE, called Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things, warns the reader that if sulphur, realgar and saltpetre are heated with honey, they produce smoke and flames. Thus begins the history of artificially made fire. Taoism permeates every facet of Chinese society. Lao Tzu introduced Taoist thought in the sixth-century BCE as a purely philosophical discipline. Its centrality to Chinese society led it to have an effect on all intellectual pursuits, including alchemy, which led to the development of gunpowder in the eighth-century CE and, subsequently, fireworks as we know them today.

iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.


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Series: Pop Culture Publisher: iMinds Pty Limited

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 24, 2010

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781921761348
  • Release date: May 24, 2010

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781921761348
  • File size: 2182 KB
  • Release date: May 24, 2010

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

History Nonfiction

Languages

English

Learn the history of Fireworks with iMinds insightful knowledge series.

A Chinese book from 850 CE, called Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things, warns the reader that if sulphur, realgar and saltpetre are heated with honey, they produce smoke and flames. Thus begins the history of artificially made fire. Taoism permeates every facet of Chinese society. Lao Tzu introduced Taoist thought in the sixth-century BCE as a purely philosophical discipline. Its centrality to Chinese society led it to have an effect on all intellectual pursuits, including alchemy, which led to the development of gunpowder in the eighth-century CE and, subsequently, fireworks as we know them today.

iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.


Expand title description text