Eiffel Tower (1889)
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
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.
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Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
1858
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
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.
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
Joseph Monier (1849)
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
First steam-powered mill (1779)
First transatlantic cable completed
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Gasoline refinement
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Helped plant crops
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
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.
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
