Thursday, 30 April 2020

Thursday 30th April 2020 - Topic

The Victorian period saw may major inventions that made travel and communication easier for many people.

Using the clues below, can you identify the inventions from the Victorian period.

Do you know of any other Victorian inventions?
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5 comments:

  1. Mia30 April 2020 at 21:43

    Year-Riddle -Inventions
    1839 I am able to record events and people visually. photographs
    1840 I have two wheels and pedals. bicycle
    1840 I am used to pay for sending letters. post box
    1845 I make smooth roads instead of the bumpy cobbles
    I replace. tarmac
    1845 I am round and make journeys in carriages much
    more comfortable. penny farthing
    1846 I am able to create and adjust clothes, curtains
    and other fabric much more quickly. sewing machine
    1852 I am used to put letters into. stamps
    1852 I am able to wash human waste to the sewers. public flushing
    toilet
    1863 I am a series of trains and tracks but I am not
    on London Underground
    1872 I am a kind of bicycle with a front wheel much
    larger than the back wheel. rubber tyres
    1873 I have keys and I use paper. I produce letters. typewriter
    1876 I am used to talk to people in different houses. telephone
    1879 I light up houses. lightbulb
    1885 I am a carriage that doesn't need horses to pull.motorcar
    1887 I am used to listen to music. gramophone
    1894 I am now known as 'films' or movies' moving pictures

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  2. Shanel30 April 2020 at 22:05

    1.Photograph
    2.Bicycle
    3.Typewriter
    4.Rubber tyres
    5.Penny fathering
    6.Sewing machine
    7.Postbox
    8.Public flashing toilet
    9.London underground
    10.Motocar
    11.stamp
    12.Telephone
    13.Lightbulb
    14.Tarmac
    15.Gramophone
    16.Moving picture

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  3. lanilde1 May 2020 at 00:00

    1839-photographs

    1840-bicycle

    1840-stamp

    1845-tarmac

    1845-rubber tyres

    1846-sewing machine

    1852-post box

    1852-public flushing toilet

    1863-London underground

    1872-penny farthing

    1873-type writer

    1876-telephone

    1879-light bulb

    1885-motorcar

    1887-gramophone

    1894-moving pictures

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  4. Mr Mckenzie1 May 2020 at 13:30

    Graet work Mia, Shanel and Lanilde. I hope you enjoyed the challenge.

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