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1897
 
     
English physicist Joseph John Thomson, working at the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge, discovers the existence of the electron        
c. 1897
 
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Diamond Jubilee bonfires and fireworks all round Briain celebrate Victoria's sixty years on the throne       
Diamond Jubilee Address from Adelaide in 1897
National Archives, Kew
1897
 
     
Turbinia, powered by the newly invented Parsons steam turbine, breaks the speed record when Queen Victoria reviews her fleet        
The Turbinia
Discovery Museum, Tyne and Wear
1897
 
    
Somerset Maugham publishes his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, based on the London life he has observed as a medical student       
1897
 
    
English author Bram Stoker publishes Dracula, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania       
1897
 
     
British physician Ronald Ross identifies the Anopheles mosquito as the carrier of malaria        
Anopheles mosquito
Wellcome Photo Library
1898
 
     
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element c        
1898
 
    
Henry James moves from London to Lamb House in Rye, Sussex, which remains his home for the rest of his life       
1898
 
     
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element neon        
1898
 
     
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element xenon