Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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 steam-powered mill (1779)

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

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

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

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.

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.

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) Revolutionized the production of steel

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

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.

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

Thomas Edison (1879)

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin

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

Began the first regular commercial rail service

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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.

1858

Reinforced Concrete

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

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

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

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.

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

First ancestor of the computer

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

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.

Under the Thames

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)

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

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

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

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

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) Revolutionized the production of steel

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

cars go vroom

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

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

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