Abstract Fireworks play a very major role on our environment and culture. Many cultures use fireworks to celebrate various holidays, however the chemicals used in fireworks and pyrotechnics can have negative effects on our environment. This paper will give a brief history and evolution of fire...

No one knows exactly who invented gunpowder or how it was invented. What we do know is that it was invented during the later part of the Ming Dynasty. At first it was just used for rudimentary fire works. Later it became used lightly as a weapon of war. They weren't very advanced and didn&apo...