pyrotechny
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There is no pyrotechny in the writing — just compassion and shrewd insight.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2014
Not until the 19th century did pyrotechny make big advances.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The mineral is used also as a source of various salts of strontium such as the nitrate, which finds application in pyrotechny for the production of red fire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
At length the discharge of a cannon summoned the admirers of pyrotechny to witness a display of their art.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
