Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
Eiffel Tower (1889)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Reinforced Concrete
First transatlantic cable completed
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
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)
1883
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
Thomas Edison (1879)
James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
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.
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Helped plant crops
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
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
First ancestor of the computer
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.
Cathode rays discovered
1858
