Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
First transatlantic cable completed
1858
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
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.
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Helped plant crops
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)
Cathode rays discovered
1858
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.
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
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.
