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Alfred Nobel made his fortune primarily on dynamite and a few other explosives.

Dynamite was a big deal at the time, as it made explosives much safer. The alternatives were black powder, which is much weaker, and pure nitroglycerin, which has a tendency to explode unpredictably whenever it feels like it.
Nobel's invention was mixing nitroglycerin with sawdust, making dynamite, it then becomes quite shock resistant and doesn't explode before you want it to.

Alfred Nobel invented, patented and produced the dynamite, making him a combined inventor, businessman and industrialist.

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