The tone, which veers from slapstick comedy to mawkish melodrama, is as volatile as nitroglycerine. |
The two returned to Sweden in 1863 and Alfred Nobel concentrated on developing nitroglycerine as an explosive. |
However, we're talking about a very energetic material composed, usually, of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. |
Cellulose trinitrate on the other hand is an explosive. Cordite is made from guncotton and nitroglycerine. |
He later combined nitroglycerine with gun cotton to create a clear jelly, patented in 1867 as Blasting Gelatin. |
To make the handling of nitroglycerine safer, he experimented with different additives. |