Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

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

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.

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

1858

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

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

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

cars go vroom

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

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

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

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

Early form of photography

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

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

Thomas Edison (1879)

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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.

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

For the World Exposition in Paris

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Automated thread spinning

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

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

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

First transatlantic cable completed

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

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.

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

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

First steam-powered mill (1779)

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 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.

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

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

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

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)

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

Cathode rays discovered

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

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

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.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

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

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

First ancestor of the computer

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

Joseph Monier (1849)

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