Blogging from A to Z: Inventions

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Posted by gedneydroveend | Posted in Jack P | Posted on April 11, 2016

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We created an A to Z of words that made us think about something we’ve learned about the Victorians, and used them for inspiration to write our blog posts. Some links are more obvious than others, but all of our posts are original, interesting and the result of our hard work! Enjoy 🙂

In the Victorian era, lots of men and women changed and improved the way we live our lives today.

In 1837, the Electric Telegraph was invented by the marvellous William Cooke and Charles Wheston. In the year of 1839, photographic paper was invented by the spectacular W.H. Fox-Talbot, closely followed by the steam-powered paddle boat by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The next year, pre-paid postage was created by Rowland Hill.

Four years later, in 1844, the code for boats Morse Code was named after its creator Samuel Morse. One extraordinary year later the rubber tyre was made by Robert Tomson and first appeared on a cart (but shortly was taken off due to the fact that it was not very good!). In 1850, red post boxes began to appear on our map. After a dull twenty one years, James Starley invented the wonderful Penny Farthing.

The telephone was born in 1876, the work of Alexander G. Bell, and was shortly followed by the light bulb (Thomas Edison was the creator). Karl Benz created the notorious petrol motor car (that is where Mercedes Benz comes from). Ten years later, Marconi invented the wireless radio.

That was a list of some of the most important and life-changing inventions from the Victorian era. Just think what life would be like now without them!

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