Eiffel Tower (1889)
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
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.
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
1858
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
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.
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Gasoline refinement
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
According to wikipedia:
Under the Thames
Cathode rays discovered
1858
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)
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
