What is Catherine Wheel?
Catherine Wheel is a type of fireworks that is very popular in the UK. In other nations, it is sometimes better known as a pinwheel. The basic design of the Catherine wheel includes a hub on which it rotates, with explosives mounted on it. When it is lit, the hub is spinning, throws sparks and flame from fireworks. Readers of Harry Potter's novels can be familiar with Catherine, because one runs uncontrollable, apparently is not an unusual problem, during Harry Potter and the line of Phoenix . Catherine of Alexandria lived during the fourth century and, according to all accounts, was an unusually well -educated woman. In addition to being well read, she participated in debates with leading members of society and successfully transformed many high -ranked individuals into Christianity. As a result, she was sentenced to "breaking on the steering wheel", death, which included broken limbs and colored abundantly pointed bike. The victim would succumb to his injuries, but only after a few days. But when Catherine touched the bikes brokeAnd instead, she was beheaded.
How the fireworks became named after the brutal tool of torture. The Catherine bike is superficially similar to the wheels of St. Catherine, how would any circular object really. It is possible that fireworks were part of the festivities on the day of her Saint 25 November. Fortunately, the modern Catherine Wheel is designed to be associated with the festival rather than martyrdom.
In the most basic constructions, Catherine columns use a hollow tube filled with an explosive powder. The tube is twisted around the central charge and one end is illuminated. As the powder explodes, it turns the wheel and causes multicolored sparks to shower. In other designs, the missiles are mounted on Catherinekolo and at the same time ignited. The missiles turn the wheel, create a spectacular display of sparks and flames, and sometimes ignite the secondary missiles or tube of gunshots to extend the show. Fancy Catherine Wheels can completece přepínat pokyny.
Stejně jako u jakéhokoli ohňostroje by se při zapálení kola Catherine mělo být opatrnosti. Most users prefer to attach Catherine Wheel to a fence or a special launcher that should be filled with water first to ignite. Dávejte pozor, abyste také zabezpečili kolo Catherine, protože utečené ohňostroje může způsobit velké škody.