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.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
First steam-powered mill (1779)Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currentsMade generators and electrical engines possible
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engineFirst ancestor of the computer
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
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 Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstrationGeorge 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)
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
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.
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Frozen!
Boost!
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)Began the first regular commercial rail service
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Cathode rays discovered
Gasoline refinement
Early form of photography
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engineFirst 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 Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
First steam-powered mill (1779)Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)1883
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Under the Thames
Reinforced Concrete
Revolutionized the production of steel
Eiffel Tower (1889)For the World Exposition in Paris
Boost!
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First transatlantic cable completed
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)
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engineFirst ancestor of the computer
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
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Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patentUseful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)More efficient thread spinning
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)cars go vroom