How The Nobel Prize Was Created
August 12, 2020
12:04 pm
Alfred Nobel was born on the 21st October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden, into a family of engineers. He was a chemist, engineer, and inventor. In the year 1894, Alfred Nobel purchased the Bofors iron and steel mill, which he made into a major armaments manufacturer. Nobel also invented ballistite. This invention was a precursor to many smokeless military explosives, especially the British smokeless powder cordite.
One incident that changed his life was when a nitroglycerin factory he built exploded, killing one of his brothers. Yet the chemist had a feeling he was on the cusp of an invention that would …
