In 1857, Nobel filed the first of several hundred patents, mostly concerning air pressure, gas and fluid gauges, but remained fascinated with nitroglycerin's potential as an explosive. Nobel, along with his father and brother Emil, experimented with various combinations of nitroglycerin and black powder.
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Nobel, who studied in the United States, was inspired in his work by the possibilities he saw in taming the American West. In fact, the efficient road, railroad, and tunnel systems that connect people today would not have been possible without dynamite. Secondary source and a positive effect
It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany and patented in 1867. It rapidly gained wide-scale use as a more powerful alternative to black powder. Today, dynamite is mainly used in the mining, quarrying, construction, and demolition industries.
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Dynamite made jobs of demolition and mining a lot easier and faster. It also helped in the development of transport networks all around the world. This led to further expansion of cities and towns and efficient trading among countries. Secondary source and a positive effect
Dynamite has been essential to unlocking resources. Nobel himself benefited from the use of his explosive to improve oil production in Russia, and E.A.L.
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