After some bad business deals in Sweden, in 1838 Immanuel moved his family to Saint Petersburg, where Alfred and his brothers were educated privately under Swedish and Russian tutors.
His construction work inspired him to research new methods of blasting rock that were more effective than black powder. He built bridges and buildings in Stockholm and founded Sweden's first rubber factory. History "Nobels extradynamit" manufactured by Nobel's old company, Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget Women mixing dynamite at Nobel's Ardeer factory, 1897ĭynamite was first invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder.Īlfred Nobel's father, Immanuel Nobel, was an industrialist, engineer, and inventor. It allows the use of nitroglycerine's favorable explosive properties while greatly reducing its risk of accidental detonation. It rapidly gained wide-scale use as a more robust alternative to the traditional black powder explosives. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. Preparation of dynamite during the construction of the Douglas Dam, 1942.ĭynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers. Electrical cable (or fuse) connected to the blasting cap.Protective coating surrounding the explosive material.Diatomaceous earth (or any other type of absorbent material) soaked in nitroglycerin.
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