What inventions were created during queen Victoria's reign?

Answer 1

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.

1854

Henry Bessemer found a way to convert iron into steel, which was both stronger and lighter than iron. This made it possible to build huge structures such as bridges and ships.

1855 Lundstrom'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.

1864

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

1872

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!

1873

Typewriter invented by Christopher Sholes

1875

The first chocolate Easter eggs were made by Fry's of Bristol.

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.

1877

The world's first recording of the human voice is heard when the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison, reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' and played it back

1878

Electric street lighting began in London, replacing the old gas lamps, which had to be lit by hand every evening. (Michael Faraday discovered electricity)

1879

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

1885

Safety Bicycle invented. It had a chain, sprocket driven rear wheel and equally sized wheels.

1883

First electric railway opened

1884

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

1885

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

1888

John Boyd Dunlop invented pneumatic tyres.

1888

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'.

1894

Moving pictures (cinematographe) invented by Lumiere brothers.

1890

The first electric underground train to travel on a public railway ran in London on December 18.

1890

The first comic book to ever be published in Britain was printed. It was called Comic Cuts

1891

The first hydroelectric power station. making electricity from fast flowing water.

1895

X-rays discovered by W K Roentgen

1895

Guglielmo Marconi launches the wireless (radio)