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Which Swedish inventor developed dynamite?
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The Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel developed dynamite in the 1860s. The starting point was nitroglycerin, a very effective but extremely sensitive explosive. Nobel was looking for a way to make nitroglycerin safer to handle and more usable for construction and mining work. He combined nitroglycerin with an absorbent material to form a malleable mass that could be made into sticks, among other things. In 1867 Alfred Nobel patented this invention under the name dynamite. Nobel also developed important detonators for explosives. His inventions were used, for example, in mining, tunneling and railway construction and made him a wealthy entrepreneur. Alfred Nobel held a total of 355 patents during his life. What is particularly well known today is the connection between his invention and the Nobel Prizes: Alfred Nobel stipulated in his will that a large part of his fortune should be used to endow the prizes that were later named after him.
Alfred Nobel developed dynamite and patented the invention in 1867.
