Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

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

1883

This would allow for long-distance communication

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

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

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

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

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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.

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

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

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

1858

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

Eiffel Tower (1889)

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

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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.

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.

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

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

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

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

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent 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.

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

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

First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

Began the first regular commercial rail service

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

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

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

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

This would allow for long-distance communication

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

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

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)

Cathode rays discovered 1858

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

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.

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

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.

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

First ancestor of the computer

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

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

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