In order to help reestablish his name and improve the image of his business from the earlier controversies associated with the dangerous explosives, Nobel had also considered naming the highly powerful substance " Nobel's Safety Powder ", but settled with Dynamite instead, referring to the Greek word for ' power '.

This was followed by the closure of the gunpowder section at the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Chorley, the section was closed and demolished at the end of World War II ; and ICI Nobel's Roslin gunpowder factory which closed in 1954.

One of the simplest plastic explosives was Nobel's Explosive No. 808, also known as Nobel 808 ( often just called Explosive 808 in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War ), developed by the British company Nobel Chemicals Ltd well before World War II.

Immediately prior to World War I, between 6, 000 and 8, 000 tons per year of cordite were produced in the United Kingdom by private manufacturers ; between 1, 000 and 1, 500 tons per year were made by Nobel's Explosives, at Ardeer.

* the funds for the prizes are continually acquired by donations, while the Nobel Prizes come from the revenue of Alfred Nobel's fortune.

Like the Economics Prize, this would have been possible by an amendment to the Nobel Foundation statutes and funding of the prize amount completely separate from Nobel's fortune.

Canadian Explosives, jointly owned by du Pont, in the USA, and Nobel's Explosives, in Scotland, were already producing Cordite, at Beloeil, for the Quebec Arsenal, before World War I.

A few months later he joined the Nobel's mechanical factory owned by a Swede named Ludvig Nobel ( 1831 – 1888 ), brother of Alfred Nobel of Nobel Prize fame, where he worked until 1877.

Although governed by the same rules as the others, this prize was criticized by many, including members of the Nobel Family, for violating Nobel's intent.

Alfred Nobel's will ( law ) | will from November 25, 1895Portrait of Alfred Nobel by Gösta Florman

At the time Nobel's will led to much scepticism and criticism and thus it was not until April 26, 1897 that his will was approved by the Storting.

A World War I explosive factory, which was to be later known as NEF Pembrey was built, by Nobel's Explosives, with British Government approval, near the village of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

A dynamite factory appears to have been built on a site at Pembrey in 1882 by the New Explosive Company of Stowmarket ; it was bought by their competitors, Nobel's Explosives Company, in 1886 / 1887 and production was partially run-down.

The site was then used by Nobel's Explosives to build a TNT / propellant factory in 1914 with Government approval.

The factory was initially owned by Nobel's Explosives, but in 1917 it was taken over by the Ministry of Munitions and it became a National Explosives Factory ( NEF Pembrey ).

Following various business failures, Nobel's father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives.

Alfred Nobel's death mask, at the Nobel museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1859, Nobel's father left his factory in the care of the second son, Ludvig Nobel ( 1831 – 1888 ), who greatly improved the business.

On 3 September 1864, a shed, used for the preparation of nitroglycerin, exploded at the factory in Heleneborg Stockholm, killing five people, including Nobel's younger brother Emil.

Nobel's brothers Ludvig and Robert exploited oilfields along the Caspian Sea and became hugely rich in their own right.

Nobel's first love was in Russia with a girl named Alexandra, who rejected his proposal.

In 1876 Austro-Bohemian Countess Bertha Kinsky became Alfred Nobel's secretary.

The Björkborn manor house, Nobel's residence on the property of the Bofors iron works at the time of his death.

Nobel's third and longest-lasting relationship was with Sofie Hess who was from Vienna, whom he met in 1876.

After his death, according to his biographers Evlanoff, Fluor, and Fant, Nobel's letters were locked within the Nobel Institute in Stockholm.

An off-shoot of this research resulted in Nobel's invention of ballistite, the precursor of many modern smokeless powder explosives and still used as a rocket propellant.

After taxes and bequests to individuals, Nobel's will allocated 94 % of his total assets, 31, 225, 000 Swedish kronor, to establish the five Nobel Prizes.

In 2001, Alfred Nobel's great-grandnephew, Peter Nobel ( b. 1931 ), asked the Bank of Sweden to differentiate its award to economists given " in Alfred Nobel's memory " from the five other awards.

* Sri Kantha, S. Alfred Nobel's unusual creativity ; an analysis.

* Sri Kantha, S. Could nitroglycerine poisoning be the cause of Alfred Nobel's anginal pains and premature death?

Alfred Nobel's 1864 patent application for nitroglycerin.

* Nobel Prizes awarded ( December 10 ) on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

This left the sole United Kingdom gunpowder factory at ICI Nobel's Ardeer site in Scotland ; it too closed in October 1976.

* June 28, 2011-Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets 225 count distributed in the U. S. by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., recalled at the retail level one product lot ( 60, 912 bottles ) of Tylenol, Extra Strength Caplets, 225 count bottles, distributed in the U. S. The recalled product was manufactured in February, 2009.

This was followed by the Liber Sextus ( 1298 ) of Boniface VIII, the Clementines ( 1317 ) of Clement V, the Extravagantes Joannis XXII and the Extravagantes Communes, all of which followed the same structure as the Liber Extra.

In 2003 it moved to SKY Italia, with U. S. commercials replaced by Fox News Extra segments.

The competition begins in August with the lowest-ranked clubs ; they contest the Extra Preliminary Round, followed by the Preliminary Round and First Qualifying Round.

In Canada, maple syrup is classified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ( CFIA ) as one of three grades, each with several colour classes: Canada No. 1, including Extra Light, Light, and Medium ; No. 2 Amber ; and finally No. 3 Dark or any other ungraded category.

( Extra Sexual Persuasion ), 1983 album by soul singer Millie Jackson

In 1993, Adnams Extra won the Champion Beer of Britain ( CBOB )-an award presented by the Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) at the annual Great British Beer Festival.

BBC Radio broadcast an adaptation of the novel by Stephen Wyatt in 2004 starring Emma Fielding as Becky, Stephen Fry as the Narrator, Katy Cavanaugh as Amelia, David Calder, Philip Fox, Jon Glover, Geoffrey Whitehead as Mr. Osbourne, Ian Marsters as Mr. Sedley, Alice Hart as Maria Osbourne and Margaret Tyzack as Miss Crawley ( subsequently re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7, renamed BBC Radio 4 Extra, in twenty fifteen-minute episodes ).

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Buck is featured in many of the stories in the book Carl Erskine's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout: Extra Innings ( 2004 ), a compendium of short stories by former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine.

A radio parody of The Lion in Winter entitled The Leopard in Autumn by Neil Anthony was originally broadcast in BBC Radio 4 in 2001 and 2002 and subsequently re-broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2011.

An alternative edition of the show is broadcast in the UK by BBC Radio 4 Extra, in the Republic of Ireland by RTÉ Radio 1, and on Australia's ABC Radio National under the name Garrison Keillor's Radio Show.

Broadcast 20 September to 4 October 1981, it was dramatised by Barry Campbell starring Derek Jacobi as Hugh Conway and Alan Wheatley as the High Lama, and re-broadcast 8 September to 10 September 2010 on BBC Radio 7, and again in March 2012 on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Radio 4's sister station, BBC Radio 4 Extra ( formerly known as BBC 7 ), complements the main channel by broadcasting repeats from the Radio 4 archive, extended versions of Radio 4 programmes and supplements to series such as The Archers and Desert Island Discs.

Extra features included screenplay excerpts of deleted scenes, audio commentary by Miles Kreuger ( Founder and President of the Institute of the American Musical, Inc. and also a good friend of Rouben Mamoulian ), production documents, censorship records, and performances from Maurice Chevalier ( Louise ) and Jeanette MacDonald ( Love Me Tonight ) from the 1932 short Hollywood on Parade.

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On November 7, 2006 he also produced Lumines II for PSP, the sequel to the popular original ( this time supplementing the original score with a heavy integration of music videos ), and a shooter / puzzle hybrid game called Every Extend Extra ( a heavily-modified ' synesthesia ' update to an existing PC freeware title, Every Extend ," by indie developer " Omega "), which was released on August 7, 2006.

Additionally, around the same time, a new version of Every Extend Extra was produced by Q Entertainment for Xbox Live called Every Extend Extra Extreme, which was released on October 17, 2007.

Other noted KI dancers included recording artist Shanice Wilson (" I Love Your Smile "), actor Mario Lopez ( Saved by the Bell, Extra ), and Broadway choreographer and dancer Darren Lee.

Extra floor added by others.

On 23 September 2008 the main newspaper became full-colour and " Extra " was replaced by a " Independent Life Supplement " focusing on different themes each day.

The first single off the album, " Extra Ordinary ," which had been mixed by DJ Swamp, was inspired by an AC / DC song.