Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
More efficient thread spinning
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)
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
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.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill
Automated thread spinning
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
Cathode rays discovered
1858
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.
1858
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Reinforced Concrete
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
