Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Revolutionized the production of steel

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

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

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

Began the first regular commercial rail service

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

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.

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

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

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

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) cars go vroom

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

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Gasoline refinement

For the World Exposition in Paris

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Automated thread spinning

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

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.

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

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

First transatlantic cable completed

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

Thomas Edison (1879)

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

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.

Cathode rays discovered

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

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

Began the first regular commercial rail service

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) 1883

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

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

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

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

First steam-powered mill (1779)

Reinforced Concrete

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

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

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.

More efficient thread spinning

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.

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

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

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.

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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

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