Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

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.

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

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

Gasoline refinement

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

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.

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

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

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

1858

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

Made generators and electrical engines possible

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

For the World Exposition in Paris

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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

Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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.

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Helped plant crops

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

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

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.

Revolutionized the production of steel

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.

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

cars go vroom

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

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

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

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

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

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

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

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

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)

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

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

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

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.

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