Show D Development of Dynamite Dynamite was wu developed in 1867 by the Swedish chemist and engineer engi engi- neer Alfred Allred Bernard Nobel who found that the highly explosive nitroglycerin could be handled with comparative ease If ii mixed with an appropriate filler A common type of ot dynamite consists essentially of nitroglycerin absorbed In an inert solid material to reduce Its sensitivity to shock an in in- earth Is frequently used Nobel combined nitroglycerin with another high explosive guncotton and obtained a transparent jellylike substance which is more powerful an explosive than dynamite |