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Alfred Nobel (666 words) |
 | Alfred was the third son of Emmanuel Nobel (1801-1872), born at Stockholm, but, at an early age he went with his family to St. |
| Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated with an absorbent, inert substance like kieselguhr it became safer and more convenient to manipulate, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as dynamite. |
| This powder was a precursor of cordite, and Nobel's claim that his patent covered the latter was the occasion of vigorously contested law-suits between him and the British Government in 1894 and 1895. |
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