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Monday, December 6, 2010

Invention of Dynamite

Alfred Nobel was invented the dynamite. He was born on 21st October ,1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel was a industrialist, engineer and inventor. He built bridges and buildings in Stockholm. His construction works lead him to do researching of rock blasting new methods. First, Nobel started experimenting with nitroglycerine. He was success with it and built a factory in 1865 to manufacture nitroglycerin.

Nitroglycerine was invented by Italian chemist Asconio Sobrero in 1846. It was natural liquid and very volatile. Nobel mixed nitroglycerine with silica and made malleable pate. This paste was called Dynamite. This invention was done in 1866 and Nobel got patent in 1887.

In 1875 he invented gelatin. It is considered as most important invention of Alfred Nobel.

Alfred Nobel was died in 1896. He left nine million dollar found for endowment. Nobel price is given form that money who have contributed the most to literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace.

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