1. Elevator — 2023-12-30 12:44:08

   …Elevator :: === Thomas Hornor 1829 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="AscendingRoom.jpg" class="right" title="Ascen…
   …*“Ascending Room”**. Hornor opened his London Colosseum, designed by Decimus Burton, to the public on 10th January 1829 with it's lift to take tourists up to a platform to view the London skyline. /* event_date="10 January 1829" The first …
   …t his backer, Rowland Stephenson MP, had to flee to America in 1828, Hornor fled soon after settling in New York around 1829 where Elisha Otis lived. He died in penury (extreme poverty) in 1844. The Colosseum was demolished in 1874 after being…

2. Anaesthetic — 2023-10-04 16:27:18

   …yDavy.jpg" Who="Humphry Davy" width="270" birth_date="17 Dec 1778" birth_place="Penzance, Cornwall" death_date="29 May 1829" death_place="Geneva, Switzerland" }} === Humphry Davy 1799 === [[Medical]] Nitrous oxide (N2O) was first synthesised i…

3. Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17

   …yDavy.jpg" Who="Humphry Davy" width="300" birth_date="17 Dec 1778" birth_place="Penzance, Cornwall" death_date="29 May 1829" death_place="Geneva, Switzerland" }} === Humphry Davy 1808 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]] :[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} Aluminium …

4. Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50

   …irth_place="" death_date="2 July 1850" death_place="" }} ==Police == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} === Robert Peel 1829 === Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) born in Bury, [[Lancashire]], [[England]] introduced…
   … the first professional police force in 1829. == Glasgow Police force == {{Image url="Bobby.jpg" class="left" width="220" title="British 'Bobby' custodian helmet" …
   …sonal numbers painted on their backs. Each carried a lantern and long stave. == The world's first modern police force 1829 == Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 and set up an organised police force for London, with 17…

5. Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30

   …es was one shilling. Included with each box was a piece of sandpaper to **strike a light** with. == Improvements == In 1829, Scots inventor Sir Isaac Holden invented an improved version of Walker's match. A version of Holden's match was patent…

6. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

   …class="right" }} Stephenson was hired by other railways, such as the '''Bolton & Leigh.''' But his big triumph came in 1829. The proposed Liverpool & Manchester railway directors held a trial to determine which locomotive to use for their rail…
   …Rastrick, and Co., and the //America// from Robert Stephenson and Co. The trains arrived in the United States by August 1829, at which time Allen became the first person to drive a locomotive in America. @@ {{adsense}} @@ …

7. Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03

   …fertiliser. {{Image url="JamesMurrayPlaque.jpg" class="right" title="James Murray Plaque" width="" }} == Honour == In 1829, Sir James Murray used a "condensed solution of fluid magnesia" preparation of he created from Magnesium sulphate to tr…

8. Passenger Lift — 2016-06-21 13:31:46

   …Passenger Lift :: [[CategoryIndustry]] === Thomas Hornor 1829 === {{redirect page="Elevator"}}…

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