Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on 21st October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel and Andriette Ahlsell Nobel, their oldest son was Robert Hjalmar Nobel, and their 2nd son was Ludvig Nobel.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was Swedishchemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite.
In the year of Alfred’s birth however, the construction business went bankrupt. Seeing nothing left for him in Sweden, Immanuel and his family moved to St. Petersburg in Russia, where a factory was set up, making mines out of gunpowder, for use by the Russian Army during the Crimean War. The demand for this product was high, the business was booming and Alfred Nobel and the other children received an excellent private education whilst in Russia. His father also insisted that he travel the world during his education, and by the age of seventeen, he was fluent in five different languages.
After having been educated in chemical engineering, Alfred Nobel returned to St. Petersburg to try and develop a safe way of handling the highly volatile liquid nitro-glycerine, which had recently been invented.
But back in Sweden, an explosion occurred involving nitro-glycerine resulted in the death of his brother, Emil. (3 September 1864)
In 1867 he patented the product, calling it dynamite. It was five times more powerful than ordinary gunpowder, and so very quickly became a sought after commodity in the world of mining and construction. Dynamite was used the world over, for work such as blasting the Alpine Tunnel on the St. Gotthard rail line and cutting the Corinth Canal in Greece.
These things were invented by Alfred Bernhard Nobel:
1. Dynamite 1866, he received the patent in 1867 Dynamite 1866, he received the patent in 1867
2. Firing Rubber (cotton powder dissolved in black), almost risk-free for transporting and handling firing Rubber (cotton powder dissolved in black), almost risk free for the transport and action
3. Firing Gelatin 1875 Blasting Gelatine 1875
4. Ballistit, noble gunpowder in 1887 (one was vague gunpowder, composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin in equal parts) Ballistit, noble Gunpowder in 1887 (one was vague Gunpowder, composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin in equal parts)
Alfred Bernhard Nobel died on 10th December 1896 in Sanremo, Italy when he was 63 years old.
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