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  2. How do fireworks — work? - AOL

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    Star-shaped patterns give up star-shaped fireworks, and so on. The timing of what explodes when and with what force can be controlled with precise fuses and thicker wrappings. Even the noise they ...

  3. Here's how your Fourth of July fireworks work - AOL

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    For a complete display, fireworks often mix different metals and metal salts to give you the vibrant, multicolored effects. Calcium salts will burn orange, while sodium salts will burn yellow.

  4. Fireworks - Wikipedia

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    The Singapore Fireworks Celebrations (previously the Singapore Fireworks Festival) is an annual event held in Singapore as part of its National Day celebrations. The festival features local and foreign teams which launch displays on different nights.

  5. Black snake (firework) - Wikipedia

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    "Black snake" is a term that can refer to at least three similar types of fireworks: the Pharaoh's snake, the sugar snake, or a popular retail composition marketed under various product names but usually known as "black snake". The "Pharaoh's snake" or "Pharaoh's serpent" is the original version of the black snake experiment.

  6. Rocket (firework) - Wikipedia

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    1.4 Consumer Display Rocket. A rocket is a pyrotechnic firework made out of a paper tube packed with gunpowder that is propelled into the air. Types of rockets include the skyrockets, which have a stick to provide stability during airborne flight; missiles, which instead rotate for stability or are shot out of a tube; and bottle rockets, smaller fireworks – 1½ in (3.8 cm) long, though the ...

  7. Here’s how fireworks became a July 4th tradition - AOL

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    The display of pyrotechnics has been a big part of Independence Day from the outset. ST. LOUIS (AP) — The The post Here’s how fireworks became a July 4th tradition appeared first on TheGrio.

  8. Pyrotechnics - Wikipedia

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    Generally the effects, though often similar to proximate pyrotechnics, are of a larger size and more vigorous in nature. It will typically take an entire day to set up a professional fireworks display. This work is normally undertaken on temporarily secured locations by specialist companies employing teams of experienced pyrotechnicians.

  9. Here's how your Fourth of July fireworks work - AOL

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