Timeline May 1851

Events in May 1851 2

• 1851 The Great Exhibition Crystal Palace showcases the age of invention Ada championed The Great Exhibition opened at the Crystal Palace in London in May 1851, celebrating industrial and scientific achievement from around the world. The event embodied the spirit of mechanical innovation that Ada had championed in her writing about the Analytical Engine, though Babbage's own machine was never completed and was not among the exhibits. Ada's health was already declining by the time of the Exhibition.
• 1851 The Great Exhibition Crystal Palace The first in a series of World’s Fairs, showcasing British industrial achievement.