Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive consisting of nitroglycerin, which is held by absorbent material inside the dynamite. Dynamite explodes after the blasting cap causes a smaller explosion resulting in a "shock" to the dynamite.

History

Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866 and patented the next year, in 1867. Alfred Nobel believed that once nations see the destruction dynamite can cause, they would stop fighting and attempt to solve the matter in a different way.

My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions.
As soon as men will find that in one instant,
whole armies can be utterly destroyed,
they surely will abide by golden peace.

Uses

Dynamite is often used for construction, mining, and warfare. Construction projects that involve the use of dynamite are the construction of dams. Before dynamite was invented, miners had to use black powder and pickaxes but after the invention of dynamite, mining was a lot faster and more efficient. Alfred did not live to see the death and destruction it brought in World War One.