Length2 tenths m
2 thousandthsCity block lengths
4.7 hundredthsTrampoline diameters
1.1 tenthsTaylor Swifts
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Dynamite Stick
Alfred Nobel's explosive invention that moved mountains/Inventions & Discoveries
Alfred Nobel patented dynamite in 1867 after discovering that nitroglycerin could be stabilized by mixing it with diatomaceous earth. A standard stick of dynamite is about 20 cm long and 3.2 cm in diameter, weighing roughly 190 grams. A single stick releases about 1 megajoule of energy when detonated. Nobel's guilt over dynamite's destructive use in warfare led him to establish the Nobel Prizes.
Measurements
Diameter3.2 hundredths m
5.2 thousandthsBoxing ring sides
1.6 hundredthsKing size beds
Mass1.9 tenths kg
1.68Sticks of butter
19 quadrillionMimivirus particles
11.9 millionthsFire trucks
Energy released1 million J
50 septillionInfrared photons
500 billionthsFireworks shows
3.7 thousandthsTesla batteries
Detonation velocity6,000 m/s
400Galloping horses
4,000River currents
Age of patent5 billion s
39.8US presidencies
8.4 millionCar washes
11.5 billionthsUniverse ages
Patented 1867