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Alfred Nobel started researching and experimenting with nitroglycerin.
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Alfred invented a detonator that would ignite the nitroglycerin using sudden impact or shock.
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Alfred combined nitroglycerin and silica to create the paste called dynamite.
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Julius Smith invents the first electronic detonator.
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The most common detonator that we still use now days was invented.
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Ammonium Nitrate was added to the dynamite mixture to make dynamite less dangerous and less expensive.
