The Crimean War was fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance consisting of the UK, Great Britian, and Ireland. The Great Exhibition in 1851 attracted six million people, or one third of the population of Great Britain. In 1850, California became the 31st state in the United States. In 1859, the first oil well was found, and it gushed out about 20 barrels per day. The oil well was found in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The Studebaker Brothers Wagon Company was established, soon becoming the largest producers of wagons. Author Herman Melville's “Moby Dick” is manufactured by the American publishing industry. Millard Fillmore is sworn into office as the 13th president. Senator Henry Clay pushes to make California the 31st state…show more content… William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond discovered the Crepe ring on Saturn. In the 1850’s, John William Draper was engaged in the first micro photographic work, producing photos on slides through a microscope. In 1852, the American Pharmaceutical Association was established. In the year on 1853, the New Orleans Academy of Sciences was established. Isaac Singer invented a sewing machine of May 9, 1851. Joel Houghton invented the first dishwasher.In 1852, Jean Leon Foucault invented the gyroscope. George Cayley invented a manned glider in 1853. In 1856, Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization. Sojourner Truth was a famous philosopher who lived to be 88 years old. Harriet Taylor Mill lived to be 51 years old and was a famous philosopher in the 1850’s. J.J. Mill was a 67 year old philosopher.83 year old Herbert Spencer was also a philosopher in the 1850’s. Susan B. Anthony was a philosopher who lived to be 86 years old. Literature was a form on culture that was popular in 1850, and it included such things as Herman Melville's “Bartleby” and Charles Dickens “Bleak House.” Fashion was also popular in this time period. Women wore long intricate gowns. Men of the 1850’s wore shirts on linen or cotton with upturned collars. Girls and boys both wore skirts during this time period, yet boys were only kept in skirts until the age of
