Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

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

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

This would allow for long-distance communication

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

Cathode rays discovered

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

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

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.

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

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

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.

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

First transatlantic cable completed

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

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

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

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

Thomas Edison (1879)

Made generators and electrical engines possible

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

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

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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)

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

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

Eiffel Tower (1889)

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

Reinforced Concrete

Under the Thames

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

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.

cars go vroom

Cathode rays discovered

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) Began the first regular commercial rail service

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

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

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

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

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

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

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

More efficient thread spinning

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

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

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.

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

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.

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

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