Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) 1883

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) Began the first regular commercial rail service

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

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.

First steam-powered mill (1779)

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

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.

Gasoline refinement First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769) More efficient thread spinning

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration George Stephenson's Rocket, 1829, would lead to great railroad infrastructure, which helped with city planning, made moving to the city easier, and made trade and large-scale commerce much better. For example, now placing factories in population centers made more sense. (I barely understand why myself, but okay)

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents Made generators and electrical engines possible

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

First ancestor of the computer

According to wikipedia:

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) cars go vroom

1858

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

Under the Thames

1858

Eiffel Tower (1889)

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) Revolutionized the production of steel

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

Helped plant crops

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877) This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884) 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)

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.

George Stephenson's Rocket, 1829, would lead to great railroad infrastructure, which helped with city planning, made moving to the city easier, and made trade and large-scale commerce much better. For example, now placing factories in population centers made more sense. (I barely understand why myself, but okay)

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

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.

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Joseph Monier (1849)

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

First steam-powered mill (1779)

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Automated thread spinning

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Gasoline refinement First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

Early form of photography

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