Editing Fireworks (section)

=== Aerial fireworks ===
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==== Roman candle ====
{{Main|Roman candle (firework)}}

A Roman candle is a long tube containing several large stars which fire at a regular interval. These are commonly arranged in fan shapes or crisscrossing shapes, at a closer proximity to the audience. Some larger Roman candles contain small shells (bombettes) rather than stars.

==== Mine ====
A mine (a.k.a. pot à feu) is a firework that expels stars and/or other garnitures into the sky. Shot from a mortar like a shell, a mine consists of a canister with the lift charge on the bottom with the effects placed on top. Mines can project small reports, serpents, and small shells, as well as just stars. Although mines up to {{convert|12|in|0}} diameter appear on occasion, they are usually {{convert|3|-|5|in}} in diameter.

==== Skyrocket ====
{{Main|Skyrocket}}

==== Cake ====
{{Main|Cake (firework)}}

A cake is a cluster of individual tubes linked by [[Fuse (explosives)|fuse]] that fires a series of aerial effects. Tube diameters can range in size from {{convert|1/4|-|4|in}}, and a single cake can have more than 1,000 shots. The variety of effects within individual cakes is often such that they defy descriptive titles and are instead given cryptic names such as "Bermuda Triangle", "Pyro Glyphics", "Waco Wakeup", and "Poisonous Spider", to name a few. Others are simply quantities of {{convert|2.5|-|4|in|abbr=on}} shells fused together in single-shot tubes.