The Central Pacific's best hope was a dangerous gamble: liquid nitroglycerin. The Central Pacific's best hope was a dangerous gamble: liquid nitroglycerin. Nitro was the most powerful explosive ever ...

Nitroglycerin was so powerful and unstable that even minor shocks during transport could trigger catastrophic explosions, ...

When something restricts blood flow to the heart muscle, a person may experience intense chest pain that doctors call angina. People can use the drug nitroglycerin to relieve this pain. Most often, ...

I found several crazy stories about nitroglycerin's (mis)use in East Central Indiana during the gas and oil boom of 1886-1910. One story involves Muncie’s ...