First ancestor of the computer
William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)
Helped plant crops
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
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.
Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
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)
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
According to wikipedia:
Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
First transatlantic cable completed
1858
1858
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
Gasoline refinement
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin
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.
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
