Hadiah Nobel - Akademi Sains Malaysia

LFFIED Bernharo Nobel was
:i:, born in Stockholrn, Sweden on
.{d 21 Octobef 1833 When he.
'' -.r \ras e'ght. the lamily moved lo
Russia where hls lather opened a
rnechanical engineering worl(shop.
His interest ln science, espec ally
chernrstry. ppeareo at an early age: in
due cours he also acquired extenslve
lilerary and phi sophical knowledge,
not least thank to the ease with which
own, never taking any college or
universlty examination.
He reiurned to Sweden in 1863 and
beqan work as a c'lemist at his father's
workshop at Heleneborg in Stockholm
Applying the ltalian Sobrero s
methods. he succeeded in Judher
developrng the explo ve nrl'og'ycerine.
which he began man tactur ng In
Sweden ln 1864
Plants subsequentlY oPened In
Germanv and Norway, and then in
other European counlries and America
In 1867. Nobel obtained a patent on
a special type of nitroglycerine which
he called dYnamile.
The invention quicklY Proved lts
uselulness in building and construction
in manv countries.
Production went hand'in-hand with
research. energetically carried out at
laboratories Nobel established in
Stockholm and Hamburg and laler also
in Paris, at Bolors, and in San Remo
The original form of dynamlle
was gradually replaced bY
gelatrne dynamile. whlch was
saler to handle. In that
development, ioo, Nobel Played a
malor pan
Alfred Nobel wound uP with a
total of 355 Patents, some more
imaqrnative than useful. others
bott extremelY Practicable and
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The great scientist who
studied on his own