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Nitroglycerine/nitroglycerin was invented in 1847 by chemist Ascanio Sobrero, who was working under TJ Pelouze at the University of Turin. He called it pyroglycerine (possibly b/c "pyro" is latin for "fire") and pleaded against its use in several letters and articles.

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