Technology
- February - H. Fox Talbot obtains a patent in the United Kingdom for the calotype process in photography.
- April 24 - Squire Whipple patents the iron bowstring arch through truss bridge in the United States.
- Draughtsman William Howe and pattern-maker William Williams of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle upon Tyne originate Stephenson valve gear for the steam locomotive.
- Joseph Whitworth introduces the British Standard Whitworth system of screw threads in his paper On a Uniform System of Screw Threads.
- American artist John G. Rand invents the collapsible zinc oil paint tube, marketed by Winsor & Newton of London.
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