Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

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

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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

Joseph Monier (1849)

1883

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.

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

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)

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

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

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

First steam-powered mill (1779) Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.

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

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

Cathode rays discovered

Made generators and electrical engines possible

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

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

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.

Eiffel Tower (1889)

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

1858

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

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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.

More efficient thread spinning

Helped plant crops

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents

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.

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

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

Thomas Edison (1879) Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

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

Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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

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

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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.

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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.

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