Concetti Chiave
- The Victorians strongly supported free trade, enhancing wealth in England through unrestricted international commerce under Prime Minister Robert Peel.
- The Great International Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace, showcased Britain's prosperity and industrial prowess, designed by Joseph Paxton.
- The design of the Crystal Palace utilized standard iron and glass elements, creating a vast, open interior space and was constructed in just six months.
- The era was marked by rapid railway expansion and regular steamboat services, connecting Britain globally and boosting industrial growth.
- Scientific advancements shifted from theory to practical applications, leading to innovations like the telegraph, influenced by studies in electricity.
The Victorians believed believed in the policy of free trade adopted by the Prime Minister Robert Peel: it consisted in an uncontrolled flow of commercial transaction with foreign nations, this brought wealth to England. Victorian England enjoyed prosperity and welfare which found their most striking expression in the Great International Exhibition of London of 1851 promoted by Prince Albert, Victoria’s husband, that take place in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park: it was designed by Joseph Paxton, to display products of Britain and the Empire. He developed a greenhouse design used standard iron and glass elements. It took only six months to make and erect the components. Internally the impression was a seemingly never ending space.
Innovations and Technology
The triumph of industry coincided with the invention of the steam locomotive. Railways developed quickly; regular steamboat services linked Britain with America and the rest of the world.
Scientific research was no longer mainly theoretical but was applied to the invention and construction of machines. The study of electricity carried out by such scientist as Volta, Faraday and Ampere, led to the American Morse’s invention of the telegraph.
Gas lightning in city streets was first introduced in London in 1816.
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