Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
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)
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
Gasoline refinement
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
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.
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Reinforced Concrete
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Revolutionized the production of steel
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Cathode rays discovered
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
First transatlantic cable completed
1858
