2007-01-30 19:40:40 · 8 answers · asked by JAMES 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
To do bigger jobs better and faster. Good stuff this TNT.
2007-01-30 19:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by m c 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mr. Nobel, the same one the peace prize is named after, invented TNT. It's basic use was for clearing areas for roads and railways and for strip and deep mining. The use of TNT for those purposes saves years of manual digging. Obviously this invention also had military applications.
2007-01-31 00:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by Tom M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all - Alfred Nobel invented dynamite not TNT.
Now TNT and dynamite were both invented for the same reasons - the desire for an explosive that was more stable and thus safer to handle and store.
2007-01-31 02:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ironically, the inventor of TNT was Nobel, for which the Nobel Peace Prize is named. TNT is also used in construction of dams, roads, bridges, etc. It has positive uses, but of course, as cruel as mankind can get, it also is used to produce military weapons. The largest nuclear atmospheric blast consisted of 100 million tons of TNT, just to put things into perspective.
2007-01-30 19:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by gone 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like many inventions, TNT was not intentional, it was more accidental.
2007-01-30 22:55:59 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ever try and kill someone with a sword or axe? That can get extremely exhausting. We needed something better/easier.
2007-01-30 19:44:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To excavate mines faster
2007-01-30 19:47:42 · answer #7 · answered by fr33d0m09 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to blow the sh!t outta stuff
2007-01-30 19:47:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋