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The major part of Alfred Nobel’s private library is preserved at the Alfred Nobel Museum at Björkborn Manor, near Karlskoga, Sweden.   Humanities Philosophy Name First name Title, subtitle etc. Place of publ. Year Publisher Bain A. L’esprit et le corps considérés au point de vue de leurs relations suivis d’études sur les erreurs généralement…

The major part of Alfred Nobel’s private library is preserved at the Alfred Nobel Museum at Björkborn Manor, near Karlskoga, Sweden.   Humanities Geography Name First name Title, subtitle etc. Place of publ. Year Publisher Agrell Alfhild I Stockholm, också en resebeskrifning af Lovisa Petterkvist. Sthlm 1892 Hugo Gebers Dubarry Armand Voyage au Dah. Düben…

The major part of Alfred Nobel’s private library is preserved at the Alfred Nobel Museum at Björkborn Manor, near Karlskoga, Sweden.   Miscellaneous The material was compiled in 1996 (Åke Erlandsson: Humanities) and 1997 (Niklas Mattsson: Sciences).

  Humanities Biographies and Memoirs Name First name Title, subtitle etc. Place of publ. Year Publisher Adelsköld Claes Adolf John Ericsson. Biografiska teckningar. Sthlm 1894 P. A. Norstedt Geer Louis de Minnen. Bd 1-2. Sthlm 1892 Norstedt Hanotaux Gabriel Histoire du cardinal de Richelieu. T. 1-2. 2e éd. Paris 1896 Firmin-Didot Hensel S. von Die…

  Sciences Electricity and Electrotechnology Name First name Title, subtitle etc. Place of publ. Year Publisher Ayrton W. E. Practical electricity. A laboratory and lecture course. Ill. 6th ed. London 1891 Cassell & Co Borchers W. Elektro-Metallurgie. Die Gewinnung der Metalle unter Vermittlung des elektrischen Stromes. 2:te verm. und völl. umgearb. Aufl. Ill. Braunschweig 1896…

Humanities Music Name First name Title, subtitle etc. Place of publ. Year Publisher Bizet Georges Carmen, opéra en quatre actes. Paris   Gounod Charles Faust. Opéra en 5 actes. Paris   Mascagni Pierre Chevalerie rustique. Drame lyrique en un acte. Milan 1891 Thomas Ambroise Mignon (opera). Paris  

All books in alphabetical order Humanities Fiction Sciences Miscellaneous The material was put together in spring, 1996 (Åke Erlandsson: Humanities) and in summer, 1997 (Niklas Mattsson: Sciences).

One of the founders of Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget (later Nitro Nobel), Smitt was Chairman of the Board from 1864 to 1904. In the 1850s Smitt amassed a fortune in South America. He liquidated his assets in 1856 and returned to Stockholm. There, his prudent property investments, particularly in the Kungsholmen district, earned him the sobriquet “King…

The sulfuric acid factory before it was renovated. Copyright © Nitro Nobel Workers outside the factory. Copyright © Nitro Nobel   The sulfuric acid factory. Drawing by Olle Rydberg Copyright © Nitro Nobel  

The factory at Vinterviken was destroyed more than once by terrible explosions. Sketch by R. Haglund.