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.
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
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.
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.
Automated thread spinning
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
Cathode rays discovered
1858
cars go vroom
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
First transatlantic cable completed
1858
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
More efficient thread spinning
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
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.
