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1. www.mcgill.ca › how-dynamite-spawned-nobel-prizesHow Dynamite Spawned the Nobel Prizes | Office for Science ...

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   Oct 8, 2021 · Alfred Nobel had loathed war all his life and was stunned when his obituary referred to him as a "merchant of death." He vowed that he would not be remembered as such! So he decided to leave his immense fortune to foster science, literature and peace.

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Alfred-NobelAlfred Nobel | Biography, Inventions, & Facts | Britannica

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   Nov 23, 2024 · Nobel named the new product dynamite (from Greek dynamis, “power”) and was granted patents for it in Great Britain (1867) and the United States (1868). Dynamite established Nobel’s fame worldwide and was soon put to use in blasting tunnels, cutting canals, and building railways and roads.

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3. www.foreignaffairs.com › reviews › capsule-reviewAlfred Nobel: Dynamite King -- Architect of Peace | Foreign ...

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   This biography of the Swedish explosive manufacturer and founder of the famous prizes is placed in the wider setting of the history of his time.

4. www.throughouthistory.comA Blast from the Past: The Creation of Dynamite | Throughout ...

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   Mar 21, 2011 · The inventor of dynamite was a man named Alfred Nobel. Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. In 1851 at the age of 18, Nobel moved to the United States of America to study chemistry.

5. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesAlfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA - PMC

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   Jul 31, 2017 · In a decision later in life, he rewrote his will to leave virtually all his fortune to establish prizes for persons of any nationality who made the most compelling achievement for the benefit of mankind in the fields of chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace among nations.

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6. www.vision.org › biography-alfred-nobel-lordAlfred Nobel: Lord of Dynamite, Patron of Peace - Vision

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   Nobel coined the new product dynamite (from the Greek dynamis, “power”). The middle of the 19 th century was an unparalleled boom time for massive public works projects on both sides of the Atlantic: harbors, bridges, tunnels, dams, great canals and transcontinental railroads.

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   Who invented dynamite?

   • Alfred Nobel (born October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—died December 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes. Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel.

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   Where did Alfred Nobel make dynamite?

   • In 1864, Nobel founded Nitroglycerin AB in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1865, he built the Alfred Nobel & Co. Factory in Krümmel near Hamburg, Germany. In 1866, he established the United States Blasting Oil Company in the U.S. In 1870, he established the Société général pour la fabrication de la dynamite in Paris, France.

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   Why did Alfred Nobel leave the Nobel Prizes?

   • Alfred Nobel had loathed war all his life and was stunned when his obituary referred to him as a "merchant of death." He vowed that he would not be remembered as such! So he decided to leave his immense fortune to foster science, literature and peace. The Nobel Prizes were born! All because a journalist did not check his facts. @JoeSchwarcz

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   Why was dynamite important?

   • The combination of nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth, which Alfred named “Dynamite,” after the Greek word for power, “dunamis,” was one of his greatest technical achievements. Dynamite could also be shaped into cylinders that could be inserted in mining holes to expose deposits.

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   Who invented dynamite and nitroglycerin?

   • In 1863, Nobel invented the Nobel patent detonator or blasting cap for detonating nitroglycerin. The detonator used a strong shock rather than heat combustion to ignite the explosives. The Nobel Company built the first factory to manufacture nitroglycerin and dynamite. In 1867, Nobel received U.S. patent number 78,317 for his invention of dynamite.

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   What would Nobel do if dynamite exploded?

   • Finally Nobel hit on a type of silica, known as diatomaceous earth, which was ideal. The sticks of dynamite could be safely transported and would only explode when triggered with a blasting cap. Dynamite would change the world. It would allow the Panama Canal to be built, but contrary to Nobel's hopes, would also take warfare to a new level.

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8. www.thoughtco.com › history-of-dynamite-1991564Alfred Nobel and the History of Dynamite - ThoughtCo

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   Jan 13, 2020 · Nobel understood this and in 1866 discovered that mixing nitroglycerin with silica would turn the liquid into a malleable paste called dynamite. One advantage that dynamite had over nitroglycerin was that it could be cylinder-shaped for insertion into the drilling holes used for mining.