Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

First transatlantic cable completed

Thomas Edison (1879)

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

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

cars go vroom

First steam-powered mill (1779) Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.

Automated thread spinning

1858

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

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.

Gasoline refinement

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Eiffel Tower (1889)

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

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

Early form of photography

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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

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

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

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.

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

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

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

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill Helped plant crops

Gasoline refinement

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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.

Under the Thames

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

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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.

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

cars go vroom

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Automated thread spinning

Began the first regular commercial rail service

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

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

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

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

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

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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.

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.

According to wikipedia:

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

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