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Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard (1833-96) Swedish chemist and engineer who discovered the element nobelium and invented a safer explosive by mixing nitroglycerin with the diatomaceous earth kieselguhr. He called this explosive dynamite. It earned him so much money that he was able to leave more than 9 million for the establishment of the Nobel Prize. [Pg.167]

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard (1833-96) A Swedish industrial chemist and inventor of dynamite. One of eight children to poor parents, he showed an early interest in explosives. His father was an inventor and having moved to St Petersburg made his fortune making explosives. Now that it was affordable, Alfred first received private tuition and studied chemistry before moving to Paris and then the US. The Nobel family produced armaments for the Crimean War (1853-56) but thereafter filed for bankruptcy. His brother Ludwig... [Pg.253]

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