1851
Moby-Dick publication date
1851 is the year, used attributively to identify things from or associated with that time: the Great Exhibition of 1851, the 1851 census.
In American history, it marks the publication of *Moby-Dick* and key fugitive slave controversies.
In British context, it often evokes the Crystal Palace exhibition that defined Victorian optimism about progress and industry.
Iron-framed glass exhibition hall
- Hyde ParkMajor London park
- Prince AlbertVictorian monarch's spouse
- Queen VictoriaLong-reigning British empress
- PaxtonIllinois municipality name
pavilions · exhibits · nations · visitors · World's Fair · exposition · international · artifacts
West coast megastate
- forty-niners1849 gold rush migrants
- Sutter's Mill1848 gold discovery location
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
- minersOre extractors
panning · nuggets · claims · goldfields · boomtowns · placer · sluice · pickaxe
Transition to factory-based economy
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- inventionNew device or method
progress · machinery · innovation · factories · trade · patents · advancement · steam power
Long-reigning British empress
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- penny dreadfulsCheap Victorian horror serials
- corsetsBoned, laced bodice garments
Charles Dickens · top hats · parlour · etiquette · gentility · moralism · prudery · colonialism
Crystal Palace
Iron-framed glass exhibition hall
- Hyde ParkMajor London park
- Prince AlbertVictorian monarch's spouse
- Queen VictoriaLong-reigning British empress
Paxton · pavilions · exhibits · nations · visitors · World's Fair · exposition · international · artifacts · inventions
California
West coast megastate
- forty-niners1849 gold rush migrants
- Sutter's Mill1848 gold discovery location
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
miners · panning · nuggets · claims · goldfields · boomtowns · placer · sluice · pickaxe · fortunes
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
invention · progress · machinery · innovation · factories · trade · patents · advancement · steam power · iron
Queen Victoria
Long-reigning British empress
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- penny dreadfulsCheap Victorian horror serials
Charles Dickens · corsets · top hats · parlour · etiquette · gentility · moralism · prudery · colonialism · Empire