Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

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.

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

This would allow for long-distance communication

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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

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

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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

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

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

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

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

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

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

Reinforced Concrete

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

1858

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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.

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

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

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

1858

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.

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

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

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.

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

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

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

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

Thomas Edison (1879) Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

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

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

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.

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

Cathode rays discovered

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.

Helped plant crops

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.

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

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

Eiffel Tower (1889)

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)

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

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

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

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