Automated thread spinning
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
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 transatlantic cable completed
1858
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
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.
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
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.
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
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.
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
More efficient thread spinning
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cathode rays discovered
1858
Gasoline refinement
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
This would allow for long-distance communication
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
