Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

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

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill Helped plant crops

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

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

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

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

First transatlantic cable completed

For the World Exposition in Paris

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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.

First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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.

Made generators and electrical engines possible

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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

Under the Thames

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

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

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

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

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.

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill Helped plant crops

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

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

Revolutionized the production of steel

Began the first regular commercial rail service

For the World Exposition in Paris

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

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

Gasoline refinement

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

Under the Thames

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

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents

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

1858

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.

First steam-powered mill (1779)

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

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.

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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

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

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)

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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