Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

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)

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

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

First transatlantic cable completed

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

1883

Reinforced Concrete

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

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

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

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

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

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

Began the first regular commercial rail service

Gasoline refinement

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

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

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

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

Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

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

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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.

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.

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.

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

Eiffel Tower (1889)

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

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

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

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.

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Reinforced Concrete

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

First transatlantic cable completed

First steam-powered mill (1779)

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

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

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

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

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

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

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

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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

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

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

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