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Victorian Inventions Timeline (1837 to 1901)

The first photograph taken, by Louis Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox-Talbot in Britain.

W.H. Fox-Talbot invented light sensitive photographic paper to produce photographs.

A Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the first pedal bicycle. His machine was propelled by pedals, cranks and drive rods.

The first paddle steamships by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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Englishman George Cayley built the first glider to fly by a pilot.

1850s

The first post boxes are built

1850

Petrol Developed

1850

Isaac Singer produced a sewing machine which could be used at home.

1851

Ice Cream is invented by Jacob Fussell, in the USA

1852

The first public flushing toilet 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.

1855

Lunstrom's new safety match first gains recognition

1856

Louis Pasteur found how to make food safer to eat by pasteurizing it. This killed bacteria in certain foods.

1859

Oil discovered in the USA leads to the birth of the modern oil industry.

1860

The first horse-drawn tram

1863

The world's first underground railway (the Tube) is opened in London. It is powered by steam.

The world's first jelly babies were made by an Austrian called Herr Steinbeck in Lancashire.

Invention of the penny-farthing bicycle. by 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!

1876

Alexander Bell, a Scotsman living in America, invented the telephone on 7 March 1876. By 10 March 10 his apparatus was so good that the first complete sentence transmitted, "Watson, come here; I want you,"was distinctly heard by his assistant.

The electric light bulb invented by Swan and Edison for home use.

First electric railway opened

First British electric tram network opened in the seaside town of Blackpool.

First petrol motorcar built by Karl Benz. A three-wheeled vehicle powered by a one-cylinder gasoline engine.
The speed limit for cars was four miles per hour. It was increased to 20 miles per hour in 1896.

1887

The invention of the gramophone by Emile Berliner

Photography became even more popular with invention of the Kodak box camera by 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'.

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Victorian Inventions Timeline (1837 to 1901) The first photograph taken, by Louis Daguerre in France and William Henry Fox-Talbot in Britain. W.H. Fox-Talbot invented light sensitive photographic paper to produce photographs. A Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the first pedal bicycle. His machine was propelled by pedals, cranks and drive rods.

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First car

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Hot air balloon

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