Alfred Nobel's Inventions

  • 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