https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j His Life span en-us 2019-02-22 14:46:59 UTC 2019-02-22 15:09:32 UTC hello@padlet.com david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334152458 he was born on October 21 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden]]> 2019-02-22 14:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334152458 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334154008 he was the third son of Immanuel Nobel and Carolina Nobel]]> 2019-02-22 14:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334154008 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334156238  At age 18, he went to the United States for one year to study chemistry, working for a short period under inventor John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.]]> 2019-02-22 14:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334156238 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334156760  For 18 months, from 1841 to 1842, Nobel went to the only school he ever attended as a child, the Jacobs Apologistic School in Stockholm.]]> 2019-02-22 14:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334156760 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334157173  The family factory produced armaments for the Crimean War but had difficulty switching back to regular domestic production when the fighting ended and they filed for bankruptcy.]]> 2019-02-22 14:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334157173 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334160890 On 3 September 1864, a shed used for preparation of nitroglycerin exploded at the factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm, killing five people, including Nobel's younger brother Emil.]]> 2019-02-22 15:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334160890 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334161459  Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, a substance easier and safer to handle than the more unstable nitroglycerin. Dynamite was patented in the US and the UK and was used extensively in mining and the building of transport networks internationally.]]> 2019-02-22 15:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334161459 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334162936 On December 10, 1896, Alfred Nobel succumbed to a lingering heart ailment, suffered a stroke, and died. ]]> 2019-02-22 15:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334162936 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334164074  In 1875 Nobel invented gelignite, more stable and powerful than dynamite, and in 1887 patented ballistite, a predecessor of cordite.]]> 2019-02-22 15:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334164074 david_meilinger https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334164393 Accused of “high treason against France” for selling Ballistite to Italy, Nobel moved from Paris to Sanremo, Italy in 1891.]]> 2019-02-22 15:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/david_meilinger/9zcthm9sbf8j/wish/334164393