Fireworks were used first used by the Chinese some 2000 years ago. According to history, fireworks were discovered by accident when a Chinese cook working in a kitchen happened to mix charcoal, sulphur and saltpeter. The mixture burned and when compressed in an enclosure (a bamboo tube), the mixture exploded. They then used this deadly mixture from everything to celebrations and weapons.
How to Make a Smoke Bomb
sugar (sucrose or table sugar)
potassium nitrate, KNO3, also known as saltpeter (buy it online or you can find this at some garden supply stores in the fertilizer section, some pharmacies carry it too)
skillet or pan
aluminum foil
