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Alfred Noble's birth date, Stockholm, Sweden
when Sweden was a great power in Northern Europe. -
Alfred by 17
By the age of 17 Alfred Nobel was fluent in Swedish, Russian, French, English and German. -
Alfred working with his family.
In 1852 Alfred Nobel was asked to come back and work in the family enterprise which was booming because of its deliveries to the Russian army. -
His return to Sweden and death of his brother and others.
After his return to Sweden in 1863, Alfred Nobel concentrated on developing nitroglycerine as an explosive. Several explosions, including one (1864) in which his brother Emil and several other persons were killed, convinced the authorities that nitroglycerine production was exceedingly dangerous. -
Alfred's new plan.
Alfred was not discouraged and in 1864 he was able to start mass production of nitroglycerine. To make the handling of nitroglycerine safer Alfred Nobel experimented with different additives. He soon found that mixing nitroglycerine with kieselguhr would turn the liquid into a paste which could be shaped into rods of a size and form suitable for insertion into drilling holes. -
Alfred Nobel's succes.
By 1865 Alfred Nobel's factory in Krümmel near Hamburg, Germany, was exporting nitroglycerine explosives to other countries in Europe, America and Australia. Over the years Alfred founded factories and laboratories in some 90 different places in more than 20 countries. -
The dynamite was created by Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel.
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Retirement
Toward the end of his life, he acquired the company AB Bofors in Karlskoga, where Björkborn Manor became his Swedish home. -
Alfred Nobel's death San Remo, Italy.
Left a will that was later opened. -
The Nobel Prize
In December 10, 1901 The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.
