Common Ground Pieces:

Saxon - A pyrotechnic device consisting of a tube that rotates around a pivot point to produce a circular shower of sparks.

Catherine Wheel - The traditional name for a spinning firework. The name derives from St. Catherine.

Ground Display Piece - A pyrotechnic device that functions on the ground (as opposed to an aerial shell the functions in the air) and that includes fountains, roman candles, wheels, and "set pieces."

Lance - A thin cardboard tube packed with color-producing pyrotechnic composition used to construct ground display pieces. Lances are mounted on a frame and fused so that ignition of all tubes is nearly simultaneous.

Saxon - A pyrotechnic device consisting of a tube that rotates around a pivot point to produce a circular shower of sparks.

Wheel - A pyrotechnic device that rotates on a central axis consisting of multiple gerbs or rockets attached to a framework.

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