Max Duttenhofer (May 20, 1843 in

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– August 14, 1903 in

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, full name: Max Wilhelm Heinrich Duttenhofer, 1896: Max von Duttenhofer) was a German entrepreneur and industrialist. His factory invented smokeless

gunpowder Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal (which is mostly carbon), and potassium nitrate, potassium ni ...

Life

In 1863 Max took over a powder mill from his father, from which the gunpowder factory

emerged. In 1884 he achieved a major breakthrough;

smokeless gunpowder Finnish smokeless powder Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to black powder. Because of their similar use, both the original black powder formula ...

. In 1890, Duttenhofer was one of the three founders of

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (abbreviated as DMG, also known as Daimler Motors Corporation) was a German engineering company and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926. Founded by Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900) and Wil ...

. In 1898, he initiated the founding of a private military-industrial lab (Center for Scientific-Technical Research) in Neubabelsberg which later gave its name to centralite. Duttenhofer was a member of the board of the

Pan-German League The Pan-German League () was a Pan-German nationalist organization which was officially founded in 1891, a year after the Zanzibar Treaty was signed. Primarily dedicated to the German question of the time, it held positions on German imperia ...

. He died of a heart attack in 1903.

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