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Dynamite: In 1847, Italian Ascanio Sobrero invented nitroglycerine by mixing glycerin, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid. As a powerful high explosive, nitroglycerine is not suitable as a propellant in guns. In its liquid form, nitroglycerine is hazardous to store and to transport. In 1867, Alfred Nobel turned nitroglycerine into a useful explosive for mining and ordnance by mixing the liquid in diatomaceous earth, a dirt cheap solution. Nobel named his invention dynamite. |