The Golden Age Of Discovery Victorian Newspapers As Eyewitness

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The Victorian Period is considered the age of discovery and with advancement in steam power engineering the inspiration for the favored steampunk cult of at the moment. Most certainly by the top of the 19th century the Victorians had made considerable advancements in technological and scientific knowledge and achievement.



Early pictures was one eyewitness in to Victorian Science, however this article explores the beginnings of modern scientific reasoning in the early part of the Victorian era by taking a look at a pattern of Victorian newspapers reporting on discoveries in the first half of the nineteenth century; contains an article on automation for good measure throws in a little bit of humour on Phrenology.



The source of those newspaper articles is my great-nice grandfather, George Burgess 1829-1905, who collected them in the course of the course of his working life and saved them in his Victorian Scrapbook. George Burgess by trade was a Phrenologist and practiced his profession in the Arcades, Bristol for forty years from 1861 to 1901.



Nature Exposed: Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science



An evaluation by the Creator, Jennifer Tucker, of the broad historic context during which scientific images emerged in Victorian Britain as she examines the position of pictures as a device in scientific investigation for the reason that invention of pictures in 1839.



The Period of Queen Victoria and the Industrial Revolution



Steam Power Fuels the Golden Age



One of many cornerstones to the success of the golden age of discovery is undoubtedly the event of steam power. Not only was it fundamental in fuelling the mechanisation of factories but steam energy additionally made it potential to create an enormous community of rail transportation across the whole of Britian.



Clearly it all didn’t happen in a single day, and much of the foundations to the event of steam power had been laid before Queen Victoria got here to the throne. However, as soon as the first commercially viable steam engines had been invented their implementation into commerce and society was fast.



The event of Steam Power



The development of early railways was very dependent on steam power. The use of steam to produce movement goes back over 2000 years, but it surely wasn’t till 1712 earlier than Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729, and English inventor) designed the world’s first truly commercially viable steam engine; which was used to pump water from mines.



In 1781 James Watt (1736-1819, a Scottish inventor) improved the design to create steady rotary movement, which fuelled the industrial revolution by offering mechanical energy to factories e.g. for weaving supplies.



In 1784 William Murdoch (1754-1839, a Scottish inventor) constructed a prototype steam street locomotive and John Fitch (1743-1798, an American inventor) built a working mannequin of a steam rail locomotive at the end of the 18th century.



Others continued with their very own experiments till George Stephenson (1781-1848, an English engineer) constructed the world’s first public steam railway in England in 1825.



The Railways Revolution in Victorian Britain



Stockton and Darlington railway, England (the world’s first public steam railway) designed and built by George Stephenson in 1825 ran 25 miles and transported 10,000 tons of coal in the first three months of its operation. Inside a month of opening the Stockton and Darlington railway began to additionally carry passengers, and in the 12 months between July 1826 and June 1827 carried up to 40,000 passengers.



The Liverpool to Manchester railway opened in 1830 to hold both passengers and freight; with a total of 32 stations over a distance of 35 miles linking these two English cities by rail.



Within just a few a long time the event of the railway across the whole of Britain mushroomed. The railways didn’t simply hyperlink major urban areas, however with countless branch traces and stations at frequent intervals to hyperlink, every a part of Britain turned interconnected by rail.



In line with a Victorian British newspaper revealed in the latter a part of the nineteenth century (which my nice-great grandfather put in his scrapbook) in only one yr, there was a total of: -



1,529,651 freight prepare journeys travelling a total of 51,085,964 miles, and



2,352,339 passenger prepare journeys travelling a complete of 54,055,476 miles.



Since then (apart from the late 1960s when the Conservative Authorities axed hundreds of department lines) the railway network has continued to develop and flourish. Additionally, since 2010 the Conservatives have embarked on a massive infrastructure programme of building upon the successes of the past and extending the rail network even additional.



Compared to these early Victorian days of rail travel these days’



1.69 billion passenger journeys are made annually in Britain, travelling a complete of forty billion miles.



In Britain at the moment there’s 21,000 miles of rail track, with greater than 4,000 trains serving 2,552 passenger prepare stations; with trains accounting for 10% of all modes of passenger transport in the UK, including private motor cars.



Railways, Canals, and the Industrial Revolution



Victorian NewspapersAnd how they reported on the Golden Age of Discovery.



Bottomless Pit in Kentucky



An Early Victorian period NewspaperIn response to this Victorian newspaper article the Bottomless Pit within the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is suspected by many to run by way of the entire diameter of the earth. Clearly, now we all know that no to be the case.



I have drained Googling this so called Mammoth cave but have drawn a clean; so I’d have an interest to learn the origin of this somewhat fanciful story.



Primitive by Today's Expertise but Awe Inspiring on the TimeA Victorian take on Automations in the days before Robots.



Phrenologist Humour



For many who do not know, put simply, phrenology is reading bumps on people’s heads to find out their pure expertise, character and personality traits.



Design Toscano SP020 Porcelain Phrenology Head Fortune Telling Statue, 12 Inch, Porcelain, White



A real conversation piece; have it on show in a outstanding place and it is sure to get the party going subsequent time you invite your mates or throw a BBQ one sunny evening.



George Burgess, Phrenologist



By today’s requirements phrenology wouldn’t be thought-about a science, however in the Victorian interval (when trendy science was nonetheless in its infancy) phrenology was very a lot thought-about a science.



George Burgess 1829-1905 (my great-nice grandfather) born in Bristol was a professional phrenologist for 40 years till his retirement in 1901. He left college at the age of 14 and a couple of 12 months later went to America along with his brother-in-legislation to complete his apprenticeship in stone slicing (stonemasonry). During his time in America he made three journeys again dwelling to Bristol to visit his mom, the last time being Christmas 1857. It was while he was in America that he learnt the skills of phrenology that would set him up with a profitable commerce for all times.



George Burgess published at the least two books on phrenology, each of which have been handed down to me by the generations along with the phrenology head stamps he utilized in his business. Copies of those books are freely available for viewing on my genealogy webpage, link beneath.



Extra Newspaper Articles on Victorian ScienceClick thumbnail to view full-size



Essential Source for Victorian Newspapers



Over 500 Newspaper Articles to View Free on LineVisit the Nathanville fundamental web site for entry to the original and transcript Victorian newspaper articles saved in a Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess.



Phrenology e book 1 by George BurgessOne in every of two books on phrenology revealed by George Burgess.



Victorian newspapers on Science and NatureA Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles on Victorian science and nature by George Burgess (1829-1905)



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