Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

Helped plant crops

Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

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

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.

Made generators and electrical engines possible

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

More efficient thread spinning

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

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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

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

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

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.

Joseph Monier (1849)

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

Began the first regular commercial rail service

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

Gasoline refinement

Automated thread spinning

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)

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.

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

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

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

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

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

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

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

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

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

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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.

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

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

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

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

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

First transatlantic cable completed

First ancestor of the computer

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

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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