By absorbing nitroglycerin into silica-rich clay, it “created kind of a putty, and [Nobel] realized that it completely stabilized nitroglycerin,” Rose said. He called the new substance dynamite. The ...

and his transition from arms manufacturer to founder of the Nobel Prize is intriguing. Known as the 'dynamite king,' he ...

It was created by Alfred Nobel (yes, the "Nobel Peace Prize" Nobel), to improve mining. As dynamite ages, the dynamite will begin to weep and sweat nitroglycerine according to MuniRem ...

Dynamite made it much less expensive to blast rock when building tunnels, canals and railways. But it quickly found another use: as a weapon of war. Nobel later invented a more powerful form of ...

Does an invention help people or hurt people? Can an invention do both? Let us look at an example: the invention of dynamite by Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist. While Nobel was in ...

Alfred Nobel made his fortune through his invention of dynamite, and he passed away in 1896. His will stated that the interest earned on the investments of his capital should be distributed as prizes.