{"id":980,"date":"2012-10-18T08:59:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T08:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/?p=980"},"modified":"2012-10-18T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T08:59:33","slug":"victorian-invention-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nplschool.co.uk\/videos\/victorian-invention-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Invention Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1838<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The\u00a0first\u00a0photograph<\/span>\u00a0taken, by Louis Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox-Talbot in Britain.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1839<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
W.H. Fox-Talbot invented light sensitive photographic paper to produce photographs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1839<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
A Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the first pedal bicycle. His machine was propelled by pedals, cranks and drive rods.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1839<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"The\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0paddle steamships<\/span>\u00a0by Isambard Kingdom Brunel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1840<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0postage stamps\u00a0(Penny Post) came into use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1840<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0bicycle\u00a0to have\u00a0pedals\u00a0invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan (Scottish man)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1843<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0Christmas card\u00a0was designed by John Calcott Horsely.\u00a0Find out more<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1844<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0Morse Code\u00a0message is sent. Invented by an American called Samuel Morse in 1837.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1845<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Rubber tyres\u00a0invented. Robert Thomson discovered that rubber tyres filled with air (pneumatic) gave a far more comfortable ride for passengers than solid tyres, but they were too expensive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1845<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
London Road in Nottingham became the first road to be covered with\u00a0tarmac\u00a0(tarmacadam). Before this people had to suffer with roads made from cobbles ( round stones) and pot holes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1846<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Sewing Machine\u00a0invented by Elias Howe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1849<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Concrete\u00a0developed by Monier. Concrete was cheap to make and opened up new possibilities for building.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1849<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"Englishman George Cayley built the first glider to fly by a pilot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1850s<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The first\u00a0post boxes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are built<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1850<\/td>\nPetrol\u00a0Developed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1850<\/td>\nIsaac Singer produced a\u00a0sewing machine\u00a0which could be used at home.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1851<\/td>\nIce Cream<\/span>\u00a0is invented by Jacob Fussell, in the USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1852<\/td>\nThe first\u00a0public flushing toilet<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>opens in London. Before the 1850s most people had to use an earth closet, which was a toilet outside the house with just soil in it and no water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1854<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Henry Bessemer found a way to convert iron into\u00a0steel, which was both stronger and lighter than iron. This made it possible to build huge structures such as bridges and ships.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1855<\/td>\nLunstrom’s new\u00a0safety match\u00a0first gains recognition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1856<\/td>\nLouis Pasteur found how to make\u00a0food\u00a0safer to eat by pasteurizing it. This killed bacteria in certain foods.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1859<\/td>\nOil\u00a0discovered in the USA leads to the birth of the modern oil industry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1860<\/td>\n\"\"The first horse-drawn tram<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1863<\/td>\nThe world’s first\u00a0<\/span>underground railway\u00a0(the Tube) is opened in London. It is powered by steam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1864<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"The world’s first jelly babies were made by an Austrian called Herr Steinbeck in Lancashire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1872<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"<\/span>Invention of the penny-farthing\u00a0bicycle.\u00a0by British engineer, James Starley. The huge front wheel was almost six feet from top to bottom. and the seat was above the wheel. It had no brakes!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1873<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Typewriter\u00a0invented by Christopher Sholes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1875<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0chocolate Easter eggs\u00a0were made by Fry’s of Bristol.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1876<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"\"<\/span>Alexander Bell, a Scotsman living in America, invented the\u00a0telephone\u00a0on 7 March 1876. By 10 March 10 his apparatus was so good that the first complete sentence transmitted, \u201cWatson, come here; I want you,\u201dwas distinctly heard by his assistant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1877<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The world’s\u00a0first recording of the human voice\u00a0is heard when the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison, recited ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ and played it back<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1878<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Electric street lighting\u00a0began in London, replacing the old gas lamps, which had to be lit by hand every evening. (Michael Faraday discovered electricity)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1879<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"<\/span>The\u00a0electric light bulb<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>invented by Swan and Edison for home use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1885<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Safety Bicycle\u00a0invented. It had a chain, sprocket driven rear wheel and equally sized wheels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1883<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
First\u00a0electric railway\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opened<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1884<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
First British\u00a0electric tram\u00a0<\/span><\/span>network opened in the seaside town of Blackpool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1885<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"<\/span>First petrol\u00a0motorcar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>built by Karl Benz. A three-wheeled vehicle powered by a one-cylinder gasoline engine.
\nThe speed limit for cars was four miles per hour. It was increased to 20 miles per hour in 1896.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1887<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The invention of the\u00a0gramophone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by Emile Berliner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1888<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
John Boyd Dunlop invented\u00a0pneumatic tyres.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1888<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\"\"Photography became even more popular with invention of the\u00a0Kodak box cameraby American inventor George Eastman. Eastman’s invention of the film roll and camera meant that photography became popular across the world. He named his camera Kodak because he liked the letter ‘K’.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1894<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Moving pictures\u00a0(cinematograph) invented by Lumiere brothers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1890<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0electric underground train\u00a0to travel on a public railway ran in London on December 18.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1890<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0comic book\u00a0to ever be published in Britain was printed. It was called Comic Cuts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1891<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
The first\u00a0hydro-electric power station.\u00a0making electricity from fast flowing water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1895<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
X-rays\u00a0discovered by W K Roentgen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1895<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Guillermo\u00a0Marconi launches the wireless (radio) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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