Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

Thomas Edison (1879) Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) Began the first regular commercial rail service

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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.

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877) This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

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.

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

Cartwright's power loom (1787) According to wikipedia:

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine First ancestor of the computer

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.

This would allow for long-distance communication

Gasoline refinement

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) Revolutionized the production of steel

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.

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769) More efficient thread spinning

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

Under the Thames

First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

cars go vroom

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

Eiffel Tower (1889)

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

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.

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.

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) 1883

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 Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents Made generators and electrical engines possible

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.

First ancestor of the computer

First steam-powered mill (1779)

Cathode rays discovered 1858

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

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.

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842) Under the Thames

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837) This would allow for long-distance communication

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