Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
Gasoline refinement
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Thomas Edison (1879)
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
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.
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Reinforced Concrete
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
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.
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Cathode rays discovered
1858
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
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.
First steam-powered mill (1779)
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
More efficient thread spinning
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.
