Experimenting on a raft anchored on the river Elbe, Alfred Nobel tries to make nitroglycerine safer to handle. Finds that the addition of kieselguhr turns nitroglycerine into a dough that can be kneaded, and calls it "dynamite".
experimenting on a raft anchored on the river elbe alfred nobel tries to make nitroglycerine safer to handle finds that the addition of kieselguhr turns nitroglycerine into a dough that can be kneaded and calls it dynamite