In the morning, the sun has just risen, the faint crescent moon has not faded away, the bustling crowd has begun to move, and the tranquility of the early morning has suddenly disappeared. Suddenly, it was like a thunder on the ground, making people's ears numb. In the distance, a large piece of glass from the church bell tower fell and shattered. People felt the ground shaking, and many people thought there was an earthquake. The timid people prayed for God's blessing...
A rare explosion occurred near the Nobel family residence in the east of the city. The large bungalow laboratory belonging to the Nobel family turned into rubble with a loud bang. All five people who conducted the experiment died. Nobel Sr.'s youngest son Amy was also killed in the explosion. The explosive power of dynamite was unprecedented.
When the city hall announced the explosion, the people in the city almost rebelled. It turned out that the Nobel family was researching a highly explosive nitroglycerin, which caused an explosion due to careless operation. Who wants to sleep next to a barrel of dynamite? Angry neighbors threatened to evict the Nobel family. The city hall immediately issued an order prohibiting experiments in the city, otherwise the Nobel family would be expelled.
The government banned the manufacture of explosives in the city, so they had to move the equipment to a flat-bottomed boat on Lake Mara, far away from Stockholm. People said that the Nobel family was crazy. In fact, the Nobel family is an inventive family that is passionate about science and technology and immersed in the research of explosives. Starting from the old Nobel, this small factory owner devoted himself to technological invention until Alfred created the immortal Nobel Prize. The Nobel family has gone through hardships and hardships and made outstanding contributions to the cause of science.
Old Nobel was an inventor who devoted himself to science and technology. When the small factory he worked so hard to run in Sweden was destroyed by fire, he left his homeland, wife and children and went to Russia to seek a way out. In Russia, the old Nobel ran a miserable business, engaged in mechanical invention and developing explosives. His research results were appreciated by Russia, but the political turmoil in the Russian royal family made his good times short-lived and his career unsustainable.
After returning to China, the nearly 60-year-old Nobel regrouped and developed explosives with his three sons. Alfred inherited his father's indomitable character. When Alfred saw that nitroglycerin had extremely powerful explosive power, he decided to seriously study this explosive and use it in construction projects such as mine excavation and canal excavation. From then on, Alfred Nobel's life was inextricably linked to constant explosions.
A. Nobel first saw nitroglycerin in St. Petersburg, Russia. At that time, the Russian chemist Professor Qining demonstrated the explosive nature of nitroglycerin to the Nobels who came for advice. Nobel was deeply impressed when a tiny amount of nitroglycerine exploded violently under hammer blow.
In order to control the explosion of nitroglycerin, an initiating device must first be invented. After research, Nobel discovered that in order for nitroglycerin to explode, it must be heated to the explosion point or fired by gravity. In 1862, Nobel successfully used gunpowder to detonate nitroglycerine. Nobel put nitroglycerine in a glass bottle, put a tin tube filled with gunpowder into it, and then put the gunpowder into it and detonated it.
Nobel will never forget that first safety explosion. In the early morning, the river was still filled with white mist. The three Nobel brothers came to the river together. Alfred lit the fuse and then threw themselves into the water. Suddenly, there was a harsh metal explosion. It was obvious that its bombing power was much greater than that of ordinary gunpowder. This success made Nobel determined to develop high explosives. However, a violent explosion soon followed, causing them to lose their youngest brother Amy, and they were forced to move to a boat in the lake to conduct experiments.
At this time, Nobel used mercury fulminate to have a slight impact. Or the sensitive characteristic of immediate explosion due to vibration has made the detonator a detonator.
One day, Nobel was conducting a detonation experiment on the shore of Lake Mara. People watching from a distance witnessed Nobel's escape from the hands of death: the agile Nobel had just installed the experimental device lightly, turned around and walked away. Before they had walked far away, they heard a loud "boom" sound in the sky, and the explosives stirred up thick black smoke and dust. People thought that Nobel was definitely doomed this time, but who knew that Nobel's face was covered in blood? But he unexpectedly ran out of the smoke and shouted excitedly: "The detonator test was successful!"
With the detonator that detonated high explosives, Nobel began to produce nitroglycerin. Society was in urgent need of high explosives, and the products from the Nobel Factory were in short supply. However, a series of big explosions put Nobel in dire straits. Nitroglycerine will explode when exposed to severe vibrations. At that time, people knew nothing about the dangers of explosives and handled nitroglycerine at will, not knowing that death was accompanying them. Soon, letters calling the police came to Nobel like a snowflake.
In December 1865, a businessman checked into a hotel in New York with 10 pounds of nitroglycerin. A sudden explosion destroyed the house and even created a hole more than one meter deep in the foundation.
In March 1866, two boxes of nitroglycerin stored in a Sydney warehouse exploded with a loud bang and nothing was left.
In April 1866, the ship "Europa" carrying nitroglycerin exploded and sank to the bottom of the sea. No one on board survived.
People's words of panic, suspicion, resistance and curses poured in towards Nobel. Dark clouds threatened to destroy the city, and the determined Nobel was also anxious about it. But he was not as remorseful and helpless as Sobraillo who discovered nitroglycerin. He only prayed to God for forgiveness. He firmly believes that the superiority of the new explosives will bring great benefits to industrial development, and the current difficulties will definitely be overcome!
How can we solve the safety problem of high explosives? After working day and night, Nobel came up with two safety measures and finally solved the safety problem of nitroglycerin. Using diatomaceous earth to absorb nitroglycerin, Nobel made solid explosives. After the trial production was successful, Nobel went to various places to perform in person, using hard facts to prove the power and safety performance of the new explosive, so as to relieve people's doubts and reverse the negative effects.
On July 14, 1867, the flat land of the mine ore storage yard in northern England was crowded with business dignitaries and curious spectators. They cautiously leaned behind a dam and looked in horror. Looking ahead.
I saw several of Nobel's assistants lighting a bonfire with waste sleepers, and then Nobel calmly placed more than 10 pounds of explosives on the blazing fire. The onlookers were frightened. They were well aware of the power of restless nitroglycerin. Some people were so scared that they closed their eyes...
After a while, Nobel ran to the cliff at the edge of the storage yard again. When he threw the 10-pound box of explosives under the cliff 20 to 30 meters deep, many people were so frightened that they lay prone behind the dam. Whether it's fire. It was still a collision, and the new explosives were safe. Nobel buried the explosives in a waste hole and detonated them with detonators. The explosives caused gravel to fly and the ground to tremble...
The new explosives won people's trust. , users who use Nobel Explosives are relieved of their doubts. Since then, Nobel's dynamite has been widely used in industry, mining, and transportation. The deafening explosion of Nobel's dynamite can be heard everywhere in the world