Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
First commercially successful (though kind of clumsy) steam engine, used to pump water out of coal mines. Big deal, since we've just unlocked a new power source.
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Gasoline refinement
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
First transatlantic cable completed
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Early form of photography
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
This separated the useful raw cotton from its seeds, making the cotton industry much more profitable. It had mixed effects — remember how a lot of cotton was farmed using slave labor.
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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.
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
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Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
The first successful steamboat. Like the locomotive, made trade so, so much better. For example, now the US could leverage its advantage in having the Mississippi river.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
