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 Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
First transatlantic cable completed
1858
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
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 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.
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
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.
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
Cathode rays discovered
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
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)
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
