huh? the link only confirms that fireworks were invented in china. getting objects to move with steam (what was apparently invented "by Archytas [in] Tarentum" is certainly not similar to fireworks or rockets. waterworks, perhaps!
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 15:18 +0200, Giancarlo Livraghi wrote: > I'd always thought that fireworks (and rockets) were invented in China. > > But apparenty they were developed much earlier in "Magna Graecia" i.e. > by Greeks in southern Italy. > > http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrockethistory.htm >
