Author:Alfred Nobel

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Alfred Nobel
(1833–1896)

Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite; owned Bofors, a major armaments manufacturer; in his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes.

Alfred Nobel

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Canada[edit]

Denmark[edit]

Finland[edit]

France[edit]

  • November 28, 1887, primary patent 181179 for blasting powder "ballistite" in France.

Russia[edit]

  • 1877, a ten-year Russian patent "to produce new solid explosive substances from liquid explosives"

Sweden[edit]

  • October 1863, Swedish patent for percussion detonator - the "Nobel lighter," - later knowns as a blasting cap
  • 1863, Swedish patent for the preparation of nitroglycerin (originally called "blasting oil")
  • September 19, 1867, Swedish patent for Dynamite

UK[edit]

United States[edit]

Works about Nobel[edit]

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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