1851 – 1867
in
11
Aug
| Year | Births | Deaths | Scientific Discoveries | Timeline Events and Comments |
| 1851 | Sir James Dewar | London Expo | ||
| 1852 | Peter [Pyotr Alekseievich] Kropotkin | Opening of The Exposition at the Crystal Palace. Wonders on display include Cayley gliders, steam powered aircraft models, many designs for mechanical computers and even a “mechanical butler” Guests are greeted by this automaton as they enter the Babbage area of the show. | ||
| 1855 | Edward Frost | Ada Lovelace | The Royal Aeronautical Society is officially chartered at The Exposition, Prince Albert is the Royal Sponsor. Initial Members Include Cayley, Stringfellow, Henson and others. | |
| 1856 | Victor Tatin | Walter Hancock | “Scientific Artillery” | |
| 1857 | Paris Exposition | |||
| 1859 | R.E.B. Crompton | The Russian War ends after the reduction of several fortress. In the Baltic gun, mortar and rocket boats using new gunnery techniques and improved Hale rockets with DPL propellants to destroy fortifications, shipyards and armouries. In the Crimean Sevastapol was bombarded by “scientific artillery” finally ending the siege. | ||
| 1861 | John Mackenzie BaconWestinghouse | George Cayley | Offers of balloons for use in the siege are refused initially, when finally sent they arrive too late for action. | |
| 1862 | N Zhukovski | Henson and Stringfellow complete aerial steamer. Using steam engines developed for use in steam road vehicles the aircraft, a monoplane with twin pusher screws is capable of short hops. Sustained long range flight still eludes designers as even the improved steam engines have extremely low endurance. Flights of up to 30 minutes are possible. | ||
| 1863 | Thomas Edison | Prince Albert | Powered Controlled Heavier Than Air Flight | Hanson and Stringfellow form aerial navigation company. Cayley supports them in Parliament and they are issued a charter |
| 1864 | First British Aerial Navigation Company Formed | |||
| 1865 | First powered HTA flight across English Channel. | |||
| 1866 | Lawrence Hargrave | George Boole | Due to needs of was and losses in Crimea and India during the mutiny and increase use of mechanical transport in urbanized areas of the Empire the shortage of horses for artillery and supply haulage becomes noticeable. Horse for the Mutiny must be purchased from overseas sources. | |
| 1867 | Sofia Koyalevskya | “Scientific Artillery” | Rebel forces attack Federal Fort Sumter in Charleston using four pieces of scientific artillery bought from Great Britain. The battery has an advanced fire direction computer built by Babbage and Co. Extremely accurate fire from this battery, as well as heavy fire from numerous other cannon forces Anderson to surrender the fort. |