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1804 Black Powder. DuPont, (n.d.). Web. 2 Oct. 2014

http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1804_a_detail.html
(This source talks about the history of the manufacturing of
black powder, an early explosive. DuPont, the sponsor of this website, was
an early manufacturer of black powder. This website tells the history of the
DuPont Company and how they brought black powder from Europe to the
United States.)
Alfred Bernhardt Nobel. Encyclopedia Britannica, (n.d.). Web. 3
Oct. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/416842/AlfredBernhard-Nobel
(This website talks about the life of Alfred Nobel.
It was very in depth and included facts such as that when Nobels brother
died, the newspaper printed Alfreds obituary accidentally and called Alfred
the merchant of death.)
Alfred Nobel (1833- 1896). BBC History, (n.d.). Web. 3 Oct.
2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/nobel_alfred.shtml
(This source was very helpful because it gave a very
good summary of Alfred Nobel. It talked about how he created dynamite and
how it was used. It also talked about how he started factories to
manufacture his explosives.)
Alfred Nobel Biography. Biography.com, (n.d.). 3 Oct. 2014.
http://www.biography.com/people/alfred-nobel-9424195#synopsis
(This source talked about Alfred Nobels life and his
inventions, but it also talked about his parents and his early life. It told me
that he had over 355 patents and how he accumulated a huge fortune from
these patents.)
Alfred Nobel. Famous Scientists: The Art of Genius, (n.d.). Web.
3 Oct. 2014. http://www.famousscientists.org/alfred-nobel/
(This website talks about how Alfred Nobel was a
great inventor and thinker. It calls him a great genius. Alfred Nobel built
factories and laboratories in over 20 countries. It was very in-depth and very
detailed about his life and his accomplishments.)
Alfred Nobel Glasgow Logo. Secret Scotland.org, (n.d.). Web.
12 Feb. 2015. http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/ICIArdeer
(I used this picture in my website because it
helped me explain how Alfred Nobel started many companies because of his
invention of dynamite. It also showed that many of these companies would
never have existed if not for Nobel.)
Alfred Nobels Life and Work. Nobelprize.org, (n.d.). Web. 3
Oct. 2014. http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/articles/life1

work/gradeschool.html# (This website talks about Alfred Nobels life. It also

talks about all that he was able to accomplish in his lifetime. It was very
helpful because it helped me understand more of what Nobel did and what
his life was like.)
Alfred Nobel University, Glasgow. Wikipedia.org, (n.d.). Web.
12 Feb. 2015.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Nobel_University,_Ukraine_-_logo.jpg
(I used this picture in my website because I thought it
symbolized how we still remember Alfred Nobel and how we have named
many places in his honor. I thought that this was important because this is
one way to remember someone.)
Alfred Nobels Will. Nobelpeaceprize.org, (n.d.). Web. 12 Feb.
2015. http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_gb/alfred-nobel/testament/
(I used this picture of a page of Alfred Nobels will
because his will is a very important reminder of his impact. I think that
anyone who knows about the Nobel Prizes knows that Alfred Nobel was a
genius and a man who has cemented his legacy on history.)
Ascanio Sobrero. Nobelprize.org, (n.d). Web. 28 Oct. 2014.
http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/articles/lifework/sobrero.html
(This website talks about Ascanio Sobrero, the
inventor of nitroglycerin. It was very helpful because I didnt know anything
about him before seeing this and this helped me learn more about him and
his invention of nitroglycerin.)
Bellis, Mary. The History of Explosives. About.com, (n.d.).
Web. 1 Oct. 2014
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/explosives.htm
(This source explains the history of explosives. It takes a broad look
at the development and to know who invented different types of explosives
and when they were invented.)
Bergengren, Erik. Alfred Nobel. London: Thomas Nelson and
Sons Ltd, 1962. Print.
(This book was very helpful when I was
researching Alfred Nobel, his life, and his achievements. It was one of the
most valuable sources when I was researching Alfred Nobel because I found
lots of information from this book.)
Brown, G.I. The Big Bang: A History of Explosives.
Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2001. Print.
(This book gives a
detailed look at how explosives were developed. It also shows how they
were made and developed. A main part of this book was about the rise of
different explosives manufacturing companies in America and Europe.)

The Daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.), 11 Dec. 1875. Chronicling

America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053942/1875-12-11/ed-1/seq-5/
(This newspaper article is about an accidental explosion of
dynamite that happened in the baggage of a German steamer. One of the
passengers had brought some of the new explosive dynamite on board, and
it had exploded, killing 50 people.)
Dutton, William. One Thousand Years of Explosives.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The John C. Winston Company, 1960.
Print.
(This book gave me
valuable knowledge and information about the history of explosives, from the
ancient Chinese and Arabs to the hydrogen bomb. It is very detailed, and
very in-depth, so it was very helpful for me.)
The Evening Telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 06 Dec. 1870.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of
Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025925/1870-1206/ed-1/seq-7/
(This website was very helpful because I found
many newspaper articles from American history in which Alfred Nobel was
mentioned. This one, from The Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, talks about nitroglycerin and the creation of dynamite.)
Explosives- History. Net Industries, (n.d.). Web. 2 Oct. 2014.
http://science.jrank.org/pages/2634/Explosives-History.html
(This webpage talks about the history of explosives, starting with
the Chinese and continuing until Alfred Nobels inventions. It was very
helpful because it went into much detail and explained many of my
questions about the history of explosives.)
Fant, Kenne. Alfred Nobel. New York, New York: Arcade
Publishing, 1993. Print.
(This book was very helpful when I was
researching Alfred Nobel because it was very informative and I learned a lot
of information from this book. It was very helpful when I was trying to learn
about Alfred Nobels life.)
Full Text of Alfred Nobels Will. Nobelprize.org, (n.d.). Web. 12
Jan. 2015. http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/will-full.html
(I used this website to read Alfred Nobels whole
will. I learned a lot of useful information from this source because I knew
more about Nobel wanted after his death because he specified all of that
information in his will.)
The Hawaiian star. (Honolulu [Oahu]), 30 Dec. 1911.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of
Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1911-1230/ed-1/seq-14/
(This newspaper article is about the Nobel Prizes
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and what he meant when he made them. It is also a biography, talking

about his inventions and his efforts to introduce dynamite to the rest of the
world.)
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard. Complete Dictionary of Scientific
Biography. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Sep. 2014.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Alfred_Bernhard_Nobel.aspx
(This website gave me lots of information about Nobels
achievements during his life. It gave me descriptions of all of his inventions
and told about the companies that he started for the production of
nitroglycerin and dynamite.)
Nordlinger, Jay. Peace, They Say. New York, New York:
Encounter Books, 2012. Print. (I thought that this book was very helpful
because it talked all about the history of the Nobel Peace Prize in particular.
It was very helpful because it taught me about the Peace Prize and I learned
about Bertha von Suttner.)
One of Alfred Nobels Patents. Nobelprize.org, (n.d.). Web. 13
Jan. 2015.
http://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/articles/sevran/patent.ht
ml
(This picture was very helpful to my website because it showed just
one of his 355 patents. He had a huge amount of patents because he made
many different improvements in the scientific world in all different subjects.)