Alfred Nobel inventor of dynamite

Alfred Nobel, known today for the Nobel Prizes given in his name, was born on October 1, 1833, as the son of a bankrupt businessman. As his father's ship laden with valuable commercial supplies sank, the family became poor and his brothers Ludvig and Robert were trying to contribute to the family's livelihood by selling matches on the streets. Alfred Nobel, who goes down in history as the "inventor of dynamite," took his fondness for explosives from his father. In 1937, when Alfred was just 4 years old, his father, Immanuel Nobel, moved to Saint Petersburg where he established a mine factory.

RELEVANCE TO EXPLOSIVES INCREASES WITH TIME

Over time, Alfred Nobel's interest in explosives increases. In 1866, he mixed 75 percent nitroglycerin with a 25 percent absorbent soil type, kieselguhr, and found the 'awesome' substance: Nobel's Safety Gunpowder, or better known as dynamite. This discovery causes Nobel to be recognized as the king of dynamite in all of Europe in a short time. This interest of Nobel in explosives caused the death of his younger sister Emil years ago while he was conducting experiments in his small laboratory in Heleneborg, near Stokcholm. Nobel, who founded a laboratory in Sevran near Paris in 1879, discovers smokeless gunpowder during his studies there. Collaborating with Italy, which is in an alliance against France in this period, Nobel left Paris as a result of the campaigns launched against him and settled in San Remo in Italy. Nobel died in San Remo in 1896 as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.