James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Gasoline refinement
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Revolutionized the production of steel
James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
Like fifty years later, they finally came out with a steam engine with a condensing chamber, making it more efficient. Also a pretty big deal.
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
Eiffel Tower (1889)
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Mass slaughter is now possible, begins mechanization of warfare. Unfortunately, as some predicted, his machine gun did not prevent war — people still fought, despite these monsters being on the battlefield.
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
First transatlantic cable completed
1858
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Helped plant crops
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
1883
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
1858
