Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
For the World Exposition in Paris
James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
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 (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Gasoline refinement
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
More efficient thread spinning
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
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.
Made generators and electrical engines possible
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.
1883
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
This would allow for long-distance communication
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.
Cathode rays discovered
1858
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
