According to wikipedia:
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Automated thread spinning
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
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.
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
Thomas Edison (1879)
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
cars go vroom
Cathode rays discovered
Eiffel Tower (1889)
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
Gasoline refinement
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
1858
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
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.
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
