Dynamite
material · 1867 · Industrial Revolution
An explosive based on nitroglycerin (Nobel).
Inventor: Alfred Nobel.
Principles and materials it uses
- Nitroglycerin — is made of. Nitroglycerin in a porous filler.
Where it is used
- Tunnel — is used in. Drilling and blasting.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Gunpowder — evolved from. A replacement for gunpowder in mining.
Things built in a similar way
- Tunnelling shield — works like. Two ways of driving tunnels — mechanical and explosive.
- TNT — works like. Two industrial explosives; TNT is safer to handle.