Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)
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.
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
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
Early form of photography
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
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.
Cathode rays discovered
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont
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)
1858
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
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.,
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
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)
This would allow for long-distance communication
James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765)
