For the World Exposition in Paris
More efficient thread spinning
1858
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
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.
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cathode rays discovered
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
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.
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
This would allow for long-distance communication
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
According to wikipedia:
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
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.
Under the Thames
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
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.
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Gasoline refinement
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
cars go vroom
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
