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Victorian Inventions
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Victorian Inventions
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Twas the age of queen Victoria
A period notorious
So many brand new goods we did create
Our list is long and glorious
Though I don't intend to borious
Was a time of great invention
Was it really? What did we invent then?
Well I'm just about to mention
Drum roll please lets raise the tension
We invented this, music hall
Is that all?
Well
A chap called Henry Bessemer invented molten steel
Which led to other chaps creating the automobile
Which let to petrol, tires and bikes so all that was required
Was roads so concrete came and tarmac thought up to
Your hired
Ooooh, concrete, tarmac, steel
The automobile
Seal of rubber wheel
Such inventive zeal
Still there's plenty to reveal
Victorian brains worked over time to come up with ideas.
We invented lights bulbs
Nice one
Cheers
Type writers and radios, now news was fast conveyed
Hello?
A telephone was no good till a second phone was made
Hello
Our inventors did not snooze
Always had another rouse
The latest flushing loo
Films that did amuse
Flashbulb cameras to use
What a picture! What a picture
Vacuum cleaners, toilet paper, postboxes and stamps
Toilets, aspirin, anesthetics, locks, electric lamps
Sewing machines, X-rays, comics, ice cream in a pot
Easter eggs and rockets, we invented the whole lot
Hang on there's more
Trains and lines and bridges and the underground as well
Paddle steamers prams and disinfectant for their smell
Sterile doctors instruments, one last unmentioned brand
Victorians invented the worlds first conveyor band
Cuddly toy?
Invented 1902
The year after Victoria died
Oooohhh, barometers were new
Iron ships a coo
What genius
Thank you
Seems we're almost through
Just one little oversight
We invented dynamite
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