Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

cars go vroom

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.

1883

According to wikipedia:

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Automated thread spinning

Gasoline refinement

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

Early form of photography

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

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

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.

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

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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.

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.

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

Under the Thames

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837) This would allow for long-distance communication

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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.

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

Cartwright's power loom (1787) According to wikipedia:

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

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.

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)

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

This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

Automated thread spinning

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

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

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867) First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

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

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

Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine First ancestor of the computer

Cathode rays discovered

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Began the first regular commercial rail service

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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

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

First steam-powered mill (1779)

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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.

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

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