pyrotechny
Example Sentences
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There is no pyrotechny in the writing — just compassion and shrewd insight.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2014
In those days, long before and after July 4 fireworkmen were billed like vaudeville teams about the country, the wonders of pyrotechny were displayed to smalltown folk in parks and pastures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not until the 19th century did pyrotechny make big advances.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beauty of motion is hardly less important in pyrotechny than brilliancy of fire and variety of colour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
The diversity of colours indeed with which the Chinese have the secret of cloathing fire seems one of the chief merits of their pyrotechny.
