James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Joseph Monier (1849)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
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.
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Gasoline refinement
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
Cathode rays discovered
1858
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
This would allow for long-distance communication
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)
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
Thomas Edison (1879)
First transatlantic cable completed
Eiffel Tower (1889)
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.
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
