Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

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

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.

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

First ancestor of the computer

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

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

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

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

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

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

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

Reinforced Concrete

Helped plant crops

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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.

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.

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

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

Began the first regular commercial rail service

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

Cathode rays discovered

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

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

cars go vroom

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

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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

1858

cars go vroom

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.

Eiffel Tower (1889)

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.

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

Revolutionized the production of steel

Joseph Monier (1849)

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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.

Made generators and electrical engines possible

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)

Automated thread spinning

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

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

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.

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

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

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

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

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

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

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

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

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