The Greeks and Romans of Antiquity created Western Civilization defining the Laws of Geometry and Physics which laid the foundation for Architecture, Astronomy and Civil Engineering.
Further, their achievements in Governance, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Philosophy; among other disciplines are even greater.
Victoria lived from 1819-1901, during which period the most notable scientific nostrum was Darwin’s Evolution; as yet an unproven Theory.
Golden Age???. Laughable.
Bringing civilization (imperfect, but still an improvement) to much of the broader world via the Empire was nothing to sneeze at....
Victoria’s life spanned from horse transport to steam, electricity, telegraphs, etc. It’s where humanity entered the modern age.
oh posh
There were plenty of notable British inventions during the Victorian age. To name a few: Portland cement, the Christmas card, Sheffield steel, tarmac, inflatable bicycle tires, city police, The Tube, the Cornish Engine, the Pram (baby stroller), light-sensitive photographic paper, urban electric street lighting, the first public ‘penny’ flush toilets (shoe-shine included) and the first ceramic toilet bowl, the first rail tunnel under a major river (Thames). Also the theory of light as an electromagnetic wave, the discovery of Neptune, dinosaur hunters, the germ theory, the use of antiseptics and sterilized equipment, the use of ether and chloroform in hospitals, the first register of qualified doctors, the world’s first World Exhibition and Fair, and the world’s first jelly babies.