Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
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.
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
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.
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
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.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
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.
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
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)
For the World Exposition in Paris
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Cathode rays discovered
1858
