Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

First ancestor of the computer

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

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

For the World Exposition in Paris

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

More efficient thread spinning

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

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

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

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

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.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Revolutionized the production of steel

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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

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

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)

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

Cathode rays discovered

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

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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

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.

1858

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

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

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

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

This would allow for long-distance communication

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.

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877) This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

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

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

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.

Under the Thames

Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

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)

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

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

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

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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.

Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.

Automated thread spinning

1858

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.

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.

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

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

First ancestor of the computer

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