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The Eagle was an airship (dirigible balloon) that crashed in Paris in 1834 upon take off. It proved to be too heavy. The ship was developed by Scotsman Comte de Lennox, who was living in France. 

In the nineteenth century cigarette-making became automated. In this same period, smoking came to be seen as fashionable - for men, not for women.

Ornate carved wood revolving bookcase which was on display at the Great Exhibition of London, 1851.

Demonstration of how electricity works for the London Electrical Society by inventor W.H. Weekes.

Shows a train partially off a bridge near body of water.

Shows a group of men and women in formal wear speaking on the phone.

Shows a frozen lake with a sled equipped with a two sails.

Shows exhibition hall with Krupp's gun and people standing around looking at it.

Shows a train stopped with passengers outside, a snow-capped mountain is in the distance.

Shows men stand in front, one on, train engine.