Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Let’s launch ourselves to sleep with more from this rather detailed look at fireworks. This time, we complete our historical retrospective of firework displays in Europe through the early 1900s, marvel at the fiery spectacles held at the Crystal Palace, and pity a guy that gets stuck on a wire. Whoops!
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. I hope tonight's |
| 0:10.2 | selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:20.0 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks |
| 0:24.4 | to some new members of our Patreon family. |
| 0:28.9 | Jana, Angela, and Joan. |
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| 1:19.8 | I hope you'll take a moment to check them out. |
| 1:24.0 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:29.5 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:33.4 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:37.5 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:43.2 | Let it out slowly |
| 1:45.7 | and off we go |
| 1:50.2 | tonight |
| 1:53.4 | let's relax with more information |
| 1:56.6 | about something we see |
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