Electric light tested for railway safety at Paddington
A French inventor M Le Mott demonstrated a new electric light aboard a Great Western train near Paddington. The device produced a bright, continuous beam visible for miles, promising enhanced night travel safety if practicable, with tests extending to Slough and Windsor Castle.
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Great Western
M. le Mott
Russia
Paddington
Slough
Windsor Castle
Morning Chronicle
Ma. Banvaryn
Mississippi River
Missouri
Banvard
London
Dr. Faraday
Royal Society
Athenaum
Times
Romsey
Royal Windsor to Cowes voyage and Melbourne obituaries noted
The Queen and Prince Albert with children left Windsor for the Isle of Wight via a new Windsor to Reading line route. The royal yacht faced rough seas near Gosport. Obituaries mark the deaths of Lord Melbourne and Sir John Barrow, detailing their careers and legacies. Whitty promoted to chief title surveyor after a rescue in a gale. The Times provides a critical retrospective on Melbourne’s life and governance.
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Paince Albert
Windsor Castle
Isle of Wight
Windsor
Portsmouth
Farnborough
South Western Railway
Slough
Great Western Railway
Reading
Reading and Basingstoke
Cowes Harbour
Gosport
Solent
Cowes
Osborne House
Lord Melbournne
Lord Melbourne
Brockethall
Hertfordshire
William Lamb
Sir Peniston Lamb
William
Caroline Ponsonby
Lord Besborough
Caroline Lamb
Lord Byron
Norton
Trinity College
Cambridge
Professor Miller
Glasgow
Lincoln’s Inn
Calthorpe Street
Dorchester
Grey
Robert Peel
the Times
O’connell
House of Lords
Viscount Melbourne
John Barrow
Spring Gardens
Sir John
China
Lord Macartney
Admiralty
Lord Melville
Sir John Barrow
Quarterly Review
Edinburgh Review
Encyclopedia Britannica
T. Whitty
Osborne
London
Gloucester
Orrichal Inquirtrs
Customs Department
Earl Granville
Board of Trade
Alexander Spearman
The
Treasury
G. Hayter, Esq
T. Peregrine Courtenay
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Science and Art
Marver
St. Leonard's
St. Leonard’s
Mary Ann Newman
Catarina Villa
Pierson
Lawrence
Mountfield
Hurst-green
Tunbridge
Hastings
Assizes
James Duxt
Lond
Whittington
James Duke
Montrose
Recorder of London
Westminster
Boston
Metropolis
Gateshead
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