Alfred Nobel
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Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman. Nobel is known for inventing dynamite, as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. He work
Nobel in 1896
The birthplace of Alfred Nobel at Norrlandsgatan in Stockholm
Alfred Nobel at a young age in the 1850s
Portrait of Nobel by Gösta Florman (1831–1900)
Dynamite
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Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents, and stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. I
Alfred Nobel
…Nobel ( noh-BEL; Swedish: ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman. Nobel is known for inventing dynamite, as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. He worked on various important contributions and inventions to science, holding…
Preparation of dynamite during the construction of the Douglas Dam, 1942
"Nobels extradynamit" manufactured by Nobel's old company, Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget
Women mixing dynamite at Nobel's Ardeer factory, 1897
Advertisement for the Ætna Explosives Company of New York, artwork by Edward Penfield