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.
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah.
First ancestor of the computer
Gasoline refinement
Cathode rays discovered
Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)
cars go vroom
Made generators and electrical engines possible
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
More efficient thread spinning
Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant.
Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842)
Under the Thames
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
First transatlantic cable completed
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.
John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
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 skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
1883
This would allow for long-distance communication
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
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
