Alfred Nobel

Chemist, Inventor, Awesome Administrator, Social Reformer.

"It could and should soon come to pass that all states pledge themselves collectively to attack an aggressor. That would make war impossible, and would force even the most brutal and unreasonable Power to appeal to a court of arbitration, or else keep quiet."

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1. Alfred Nobel Images
2. Alfred Nobel, relatives, friends, clergy, lab assistant and others
2. Alfred Nobel's and father Immanual Nobel's work
4. Alfred Nobel homes
5. Alfred Nobel Images regarding his love of literature

Images - Alfred Nobel's and his father Immanuel Nobel's work

Alfred Nobel established the first international holding company in the world - the Nobel Dynamite Trust Company.

Immanuel Nobel, Alfred's father. Source: nobelprize.org.

Illustration made by father Immanuel Nobel on how to lay pyrotechnic mines in ports and narrow waterways. Source: nobelprize.org.

Illustration made by Immanuel Nobel on how ships are blasted with mines, here being demonstrated in his presence and that of the Tsar of Russia. Source: nobelprize.org.

Explosion in the laboratory in Stockholm. Source: nobelprize.org.

Barge on Lake Mälaren, Sweden where Alfred Nobel later did his experiments. Source: nobelprize.org.

The Brothers Nobel (Branobel) factory, office and residence located near the Samson quay in St. Petersburg, Russia. Source: nobelprize.org

Nitroglycerine nitration - the first Hill in 1875. Source: nobelprize.org

Research laboratory in Ardeer, Scotland around 1880. Source: nobelprize.org
The birthplace of dynamite: Inside the crumbling remains of the Scottish factory where renowned chemist Alfred Nobel first produced the explosive in 1870. Stunning pictures. Daily Mail article.

Railway station in Sevran ,France at the time of Alfred Nobel. Source: nobelprize.org

Railway station in Sevran, France at the time of Alfred Nobel. Source: nobelprize.org

The Laboratory, Sevran, France. Source: nobelprize.org

A crushing machine. Sevran, France. Source: nobelprize.org

A kneading machine. Sevran, France. Source: nobelprize.org

Dynamite cartridging, Ardeer, Scotland, in the 1880s. Source: nobelprize.org

Alfred Nobel's laboratory in Bofors, Sweden. Source: nobelprize.org.

Alfred Nobel's traveling bag. Source: nobelprize.org.

Newspaper advertisement for NOBEL's DYNAMIT; "Deutsch-Südwestafrikanische Zeitung"; Swakopmund, 1906-November-10. Date: April 2012. Author: Hans Grimm. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

The Söder tunnel in Stockholm was built with help of Alfred Nobel's blasting oil. Source: nobelprize.org.

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