http://www.csimap.com/news/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2010-09-06T09:44:18+01:00 http://www.csimap.com/news/schools/about_fireworks.html 2007-11-07T20:10:00+00:00 2007-11-07T20:10:00+00:00 suisse It is generally accepted that fireworks were first discovered about 2000 years ago in China. The Chinese use fireworks regularly in all religious functions and celebrations, with the belief that the noise that they set off will frighten evil spirits. http://www.csimap.com/news/schools/history_of_fireworks.html 2007-11-07T20:09:00+00:00 2007-11-07T20:09:00+00:00 suisse The history of fireworks dates back to nearly two thousand years. A cook in China is generally supposed to have discovered fireworks accidentally when he mixed three ingredients that were commonly used in the kitchen in those days, namely sulphur, charcoal and potassium nitrate (salt peter). http://www.csimap.com/news/fireworkstore/fireworks_work.html 2007-11-07T18:02:00+00:00 2007-11-07T18:02:00+00:00 suisse Fireworks have a history going back thousands of years. It is generally believed that they were accidentally discovered by a cook in China using commonly available kitchen ingredients. The ingredients that went into the first fireworks were charcoal, potassium nitrate and sulphur.