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Blasting Cap
a small metal cap containing a charge of mercury fulminate that can be exploded by either shock or moderate heat -
Dynamite
When Alfred Nobel created dynamite it wasn't intend to be used for harm. It was supposed to be used for drilling -
Ballistite
From the time Nobel established operations in Sevran, he was occupied with research that led to the invention of ballistite in 1887. This was a gunpowder that left behind no solid particles when it burned, only small quantities of steam. In other words, it was virtually smokeless. -
The Nobel Prize
He made the Nobel Prize mainly for people to forget about him making dynamite