James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
This would allow for long-distance communication
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Helped plant crops
1858
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
Revolutionized the production of steel
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
Gasoline refinement
First transatlantic cable completed
Automated thread spinning
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
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.
Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
cars go vroom
Eiffel Tower (1889)
For the World Exposition in Paris
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
