Victoria

Victorian Inventions

By Anne Croft
  • Period: to

    Queen Victoria's reign

  • Morse Code

    Samuel Morse on Wikipedia

  • Pneumatic Tyre

    Robert Thomson on WikipediaThe first tyre to have an air filled inner tube, it gave a much smoother ride than the solid rubber tyre.
    Robert William Thompson
  • Anaesthetic

    Anaesthetic

    James Simpson was the first in this country to use strong James Simpson on Wikipedia to reduce pain. More operations could now be performed painlessly.