Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

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

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.

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

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

Gasoline refinement First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.

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

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Cathode rays discovered

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

Reinforced Concrete

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

cars go vroom

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

For the World Exposition in Paris

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

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 currents Made generators and electrical engines possible

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

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.

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

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

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

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

First transatlantic cable completed

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.

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

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867) First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

According to wikipedia:

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

First steam-powered mill (1779)

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.

For the World Exposition in Paris

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

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

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

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) cars go vroom

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

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

Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

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

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

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

Gasoline refinement

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

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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