Dynamite

Dynamite is a high explosive that derives its power from a chemical called nitroglycerin and which used diatomaceous earth as its absorbent Bown , Stephen , The Most Damnable Invention . New York : St . Martin 's Press . 2005 Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was then patented in 1867 . Dynamite has a wide range of uses from building demolitions to warfare and death . It was that last characteristic of dynamite that worried Nobel the most . Initially Nobel thought that the invention of dynamite would end the possibility of

future wars and possible foes would see the destructive force of dynamite and it would serve as enough of a deterrent to the point that wars would be outlawed in favor of common sense . This would not be the reality of the invention as warring countries sought new and more effective ways in which to vanquish their enemies to such a degree that the destructive forces of dynamite would be forever linked to Alfred Nobel . Nobel sought to change his epitaph from the minister of death as one French news put it when confusing the death of his brother with his own . Nobel formed the Nobel Peace Prize in to encourage peaceful and useful contributions to the human race in a personal attempt to be able to say that he too , was a force for good , despite the misuse by society , of his invention . But to say that the invention and use of dynamite has affected history , there is no doubt . In contemporary society however dynamite is used in a much more productive and peaceful way

The inventor of dynamite , Alfred Nobel , was born on October 21 , 1833 in Stockholm Sweden . Nobel gained his fortune , not only in the invention of dynamite but also through his income as a chemist , engineer as well as the owner of a major manufacturing plant . Nobel , devoted himself to the study of explosives and especially the sale and manufacturing of nitroglycerine which had incidentally , only been discovered a few years earlier in 1847 by Asanio Sobrero , a fellow attending student at the University of Torino . Nobel would continue to be fascinated by explosions and continued to learn everything that he could about the science that surrounded it . In 1865 , Nobel built the Alfred Nobel Co Factory near Hamburg , Germany . However , it was in this factory where dynamite claimed its first casualty . This fascination would lead to an explosion that would kill Nobel 's own brother Emil in 1864 . But only two short years later , Nobel was credited with the invention of dynamite and was given a patent for it in 1867 . Nobel would establish factories in the United States , France and Germany as well as continue to spread his influence into his home country of Sweden . But it would be his invention of dynamite that he would be remembered for , at least while he was alive , as a force of death and destruction , an impediment to a peaceful world . And it...