Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

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

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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.

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

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

First ancestor of the computer

Made generators and electrical engines possible

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

Cathode rays discovered

First steam-powered mill (1779)

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

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

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

According to wikipedia:

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

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

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

For the World Exposition in Paris

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 transatlantic cable completed

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

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

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

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

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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

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

Began the first regular commercial rail service

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

1858

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

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

According to wikipedia:

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Joseph Monier (1849)

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.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Automated 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)

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

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

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

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

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.

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.

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

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