Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Joseph Monier (1849) Reinforced Concrete

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

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

For the World Exposition in Paris

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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

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

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792)

Revolutionized the production of steel

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.

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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

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.

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

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

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

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

Made generators and electrical engines possible

Cathode rays discovered 1858

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

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

1858

Thomas Edison (1879) Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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.

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

Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

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

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

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

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

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

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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

First ancestor of the computer

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.

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

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

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.

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

Robert Trevithick (1801)'s steam locomotive demonstration

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.

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.

Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.

Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)

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

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

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

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

Eiffel Tower (1889)

More efficient thread spinning

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Joseph Monier (1849)

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

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

Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838) Early form of photography

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