Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
More efficient thread spinning
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Cathode rays discovered
1858
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
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.
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
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.
Reinforced Concrete
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
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.
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Early form of photography
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.
Automated thread spinning
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
First transatlantic cable completed
Began the first regular commercial rail service
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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.
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
