James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Helped plant crops
Reinforced Concrete
Cathode rays discovered
1858
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
More efficient thread spinning
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Gasoline refinement
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
First transatlantic cable completed
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
For the World Exposition in Paris
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.
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Early form of photography
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.
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
