1. Social inequalities part II Progress, inventions
THE VICTORIAN AGE
Social inequalities part II
Progress, inventions

3. Victorian etiquette, manners were scrutinized by others and subject to gossip
Rising to one's feet when being introduced, or when someone enters the room.
Ladies do a little curtsey and men greet with a bow.
Emotions were often hid.

4. Excellence of manners…
It was considered rude to speak loudly in the street.
The dining experience held the same standard of having quiet conversation. But one rare thing you may observe in the Victorian era is that all of the ladies would be seated before the men. It was very rude for any man to sit down before all of the ladies had been seated.

5. The Great Exhibition of 1851

6. Wonders of the world…here a stuffed elephant from India

7. Progress in medicine…the beginnings of aenesthetics

8. Ether was invented in 1846

10. rubber imports jumped: 8,109 tons in 1880 15,336 tons in 1890.

11. Sewage …The Great Stink debate in 1858

12. Progress in technology: the London sewers 1859-1875 – the end of cholera outbreaks

13. A new leisure society:

14. Punch and Judy show

15. A new luxury: the bath

16. Going to the seaside for a day’s outing

18. « the dippers »

19. The invention of --- -----!

20. Anyone for tennis?