print email comment close The World of Explosives URL: http://www.explosives.org/ Description: "This site was developed for the general public by the Society of Explosives Engineers, Inc. to show the important role explosives have played in the development of our society." Features a timeline of the history of explosives and blasting, a discussion of how explosives work (including dynamite, "the first safe high explosive"), a list of explosives uses (such as avalanche control and construction), description of explosive engineers, and more.  Publisher: Society of Explosives Engineeers, Inc. Extra Keywords nitroglycerine LII Database Information: Record 25003 created by Maria Brandt on 11/26/2007 Last modification on 11/27/2007 Published: 12/06/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25003