Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

Gasoline refinement

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

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.

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

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

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

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

1858

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

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

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.

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

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

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

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

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.

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

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.

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration 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)

Began the first regular commercial rail service

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

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

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

First ancestor of the computer

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Under the Thames

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

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.

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

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

More efficient thread spinning

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

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