10 January 1848Atmospheric RailwayIsambard Kingdom Brunel
Atmospheric railway services reach Newton Abbot as Brunel continues testing the experimental system.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1848, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Atmospheric railway services reach Newton Abbot as Brunel continues testing the experimental system.
Atmospheric passenger working extends from Teignmouth to Newton on Brunel's South Devon system.
All scheduled trains between Exeter and Newton temporarily operate using Brunel's atmospheric traction system.
Birth of Louise, 6th child of Victoria & Albert
Birth of Louise, 6th child of Victoria & Albert
Brunel launches a survey cylinder into the River Tamar to investigate foundations for the future bridge.
Birth of Arthur James Balfour, East Lothian
Death of George Stephenson
The atmospheric railway closes after persistent leakage and high maintenance costs make it impractical.
Persistent leakage, unreliable equipment and high operating costs lead to abandonment of atmospheric traction on the South Devon Railway.
Death of William Lamb, suffers a stroke
Proposes an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale while professor at Glasgow.
Birth of Louise, 6th child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
Captures the Punjab
Founds the Church Penitentiary Association for the Reclamation of Fallen Women
Gladstone founds the Church Penitentiary Association for the Reclamation of Fallen Women
Proposes the absolute Kelvin scale for measuring temperature
Hind discovers Nova Ophiuchi 1848
Receives an honorary degree from Oxford University
Appointed as consulting engineer to the Punjab resident and Council of Regency
The relatively level Exeter-to-Newton section uses fifteen-inch traction pipes to propel atmospheric trains.
Appointed Governor General of India, 2nd term
Anstey wants Palmerston impeached for being a foreign agent since 1828
A Brunel-designed viaduct opens on the South Devon route as part of the extension toward Plymouth.
Brunel plans larger traction pipes for the steeper section beyond Newton where greater pulling force is required.
Receives an honorary degree from Oxford University
A Brunel-designed elliptical railway overbridge is completed for the South Devon Railway near Plympton.
Gladstone founds the Church Penitentiary Association for the Reclamation of Fallen Women. Aids the House of Mercy at Clewer near Windsor (which exercised extreme in-house discipline) and spends much time arranging employment for ex-prostitutes
Elected to the Royal Society
Early work begins on Brunel's proposed railway crossing of the River Tamar before the project is later restarted.
Publication of "The Tennant of Wildfell Hall"
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