| 单词 | pyrotechny |
| 例句 | There is no pyrotechny in the writing — just compassion and shrewd insight. Colm Toibin's new novel may not be a beauty, but greatness abounds 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Bengal′-light, a brilliant signal-light used at sea in a case of shipwreck, and in ordinary pyrotechny for illuminating a district of country—prepared from nitre, sulphur, and the black sulphide of antimony. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z At length the discharge of a cannon summoned the admirers of pyrotechny to witness a display of their art. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Beauty of motion is hardly less important in pyrotechny than brilliancy of fire and variety of colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Other salts of barium of importance are barium chloride, barium nitrate, and barium carbonate, used in pyrotechny and in glass manufacture. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis It is very possible that the influx of Chinese literature, which the result of the recent war with that people promises us, will lead to the discovery of Chinese treatises upon pyrotechny. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 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. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" That was "back in the Sixties," when his lapses were as far apart as they were unrivalled in consumption, span, and pyrotechny. Ancestors A Novel The diversity of colours indeed with which the Chinese have the secret of cloathing fire seems one of the chief merits of their pyrotechny. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Its nitrate and chlorate are used in pyrotechny. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Sick and giddy, the heroine shut her eyes, seeing behind their lids wondrous phantasmagoria of coloured pyrotechny, rivalling the most marvellous triumphs of the magician Brock.... The Dop Doctor It is decomposed by heat, and is largely used in pyrotechny for the preparation of green fire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" On this head, that of the application of chemistry to pyrotechny, we claim so much originality, as, so far as we know, to have been the first, who applied the principles of chemistry.... James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 Of the ombres Chinoises they may, perhaps, claim the invention, and in pyrotechny their ingenuity may be reckoned much superior to any thing which has hitherto been exhibited in that art in Europe. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton I shall create some surprising effects if my old cunning in pyrotechny has not forsaken me. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar The efficiency of a given course of training is indicated by the power and endurance which it imparts,—not by such pyrotechny as may be let off before an examining committee. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 I suppose you think by pyrotechny I mean the old-fashioned methods of set pieces, ghastly portraits in fire, big, spouting wheels, rockets, war scenes from contemporary history, seaside stuff, badly done—and flowery squibs. Visionaries Viewing pyrotechny either as a science or an art, there is undoubtedly required in its prosecution much skill and practice. James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 "I mean he has sued me!" — said Rufus stopping short and facing them with eyes that for the moment had established a natural pyrotechny of their own. Hills of the Shatemuc Having seen Venetian pyrotechny, one realizes that all fireworks should be ignited over water. A Wanderer in Venice He could swallow prussic acid without experiencing any ill effects from it; that was what he called pyrotechny; "he had no property except a wife and child, &c." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 369, May 9, 1829 But if all rhetoric is a mode of pyrotechny, and all pyrotechnics are by necessity fugacious, yet even in these frail pomps, there are many degrees of frailty. Biographical Essays The masses laughed at this, and one man—a white-haired old villager—said, kindly but firmly, "Reuben, I'm 'fraid you don't understand pyrotechny." The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances "You don't understand pyrotechny!" the masses yelled again. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances The carousals of the army and navy lasted for three days, at the new Doge's cost, the resources of the fleet having no difficulty in running to every kind of pageantry and pyrotechny. A Wanderer in Venice He bought and carefully studied a work on pyrotechny. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances The next specimen of pyrotechny will go up in the air, bust, and become an eagle. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances The aged man who had before spoken said, "No, Reuben, you evidently don't understand pyrotechny." The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances |
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