dynamite

Summary

dynamite ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,815 views/month, #775 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• dynamite is credited with the discovery of Alfred Nobel^[2].
• dynamite is a type of improvised weapon^[3].
• dynamite is a type of composite material^[4].
• dynamite is a type of explosive chemicals^[5].
• dynamite is a type of demolition equipment^[6].
• dynamite's Commons category is recorded as Dynamite^[7].
• dynamite comprises sorbent^[8].
• dynamite comprises nitroglycerin^[9].
• dynamite's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1867^[10].
• dynamite's location of creation is recorded as Hamburg^[11].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)^[12].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3^[18].
• dynamite's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[19].
• dynamite's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include improvised weapon^[3], composite material^[4], explosive chemicals^[5], and demolition equipment^[6].

Use and Application

Components include sorbent^[8], a class of chemical substances by use^[21] and nitroglycerin^[9], a type of chemical entity^[22].

Influence

Things named for dynamite include Dynamite^[23], a film^[24], directed by Cecil B. DeMille^[25].

Why It Matters

dynamite ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,815 views/month, #775 of 77,819).^[1] dynamite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] dynamite is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for dynamite include Dynamite^[23], a film^[24], directed by Cecil B. DeMille^[25].