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The Food Show: Having a blast on the farm
Broadcast Date: March 26, 1978
Dynamite is essential for construction, useful for fishing (as this 1978 report will tell you) and a vital tool for farmers. Stubborn tree stumps and rocks are no match for a good dose of dynamite. But Ottawa is concerned that some people are a too cavalier with their explosives, and has introduced new regulations for distribution, transportation and use of dynamite and other explosives. Peter Benesh takes a look at the new rules.
The Food Show: Having a blast on the farm
• Dynamite was invented by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. He began making nitroglycerine in 1860, but the liquid was too volatile; his first factory exploded in 1864, killing his brother Emil. In 1866, he learned how to stabilize nitroglycerine, and created dynamite. He created the Nobel Peace Prize after seeing his invention used in war.• Dynamite and TNT are different things. TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a specific chemical compound while dynamite is a mix of several different chemicals.
The Food Show: Having a blast on the farm
Medium: Radio
Program: The Food Show
Broadcast Date: March 26, 1978
Host: Jim Wright
Reporter: Peter Benesh
Duration: 3:41
Photo: ©iStockphoto.com/Jeremy Sterk
Last updated:
April 3, 2008
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