Historický vývoj u barevně hořících ohněstrůjných složí, používaných v Evropě od 17. do počátku 19. století.

This article summarises the development of chemical composition of European fireworks mixtures in the seventeenth, eighteenth and in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The attention is especially paid to individual colouring agents which were used to colour the flame of a fireworks mixture. For the colouring agents, physical-chemical principles responsible for the resulting colour of the flame were explained on the basis of the knowledge of modern chemistry and pyrotechnics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]