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| 1816 |
| | | René Laënnec, reluctant to press his ear to the chest of a young female patient, finds a solution in the stethoscope | |
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| 1822 |
| | | French physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel develops a more efficient form of lens for use in lighthouses | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Active (later called Locomotion) is the engine on the first passenger railway, between Stockton and Darlington | |
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| 1825 |
| | | Work begins on the 363-mile Erie Canal that will link the Hudson River to Lake Erie | |
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| 1826 |
| | | Scottish engineer Thomas Telford completes two suspension bridges in Wales, at Conwy and over the Menai Strait | |
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| 1829 |
| | | The locomotive Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, defeats two rivals in the Rainhill trials, near Liverpool | |
|  | Stephenson's Rocket (replica)
National Archives, Kew
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| 1830 |
| | | George Stephenson's railway between Liverpool and Manchester opens, with passengers pulled by eight locomotives based on Rocket | |
|  | Satire on the steam locomotive, c.1845
Guildhall Library
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| 1832 |
| | | The Göta canal is completed, enabling ships to cross Scandinavia from the North Sea to the Baltic | |
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| 1832 |
| | | The paddle steamer Alburkah becomes the first ocean-going iron ship, completing the journey from England to the Niger | |
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| 1833 |
| | | 27-year-old Isambard Kingdom Brunel wins his first major appointment, as chief engineer to the Great Western railway | |
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