| Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill |
Helped plant crops |
| 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. |
| John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle |
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first. |
| James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal |
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester |
| James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny |
Automated thread spinning |
| Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769) |
More efficient thread spinning |
| 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 steam-powered mill (1779) |
Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah. |
| Cartwright's power loom (1787) |
According to wikipedia: |
| 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 |
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. |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Marc Brunel's first underwater tunnel (1826-1842) |
Under the Thames |
| Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) |
Began the first regular commercial rail service |
| Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents |
Made generators and electrical engines possible |
| Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine |
First ancestor of the computer |
| 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 |
| Joseph Monier (1849) |
Reinforced Concrete |
| Gasoline refinement |
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source. |
| Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) |
Allowed for more sewing, including at-home |
| Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) |
Revolutionized the production of steel |
| First transatlantic cable completed |
1858 |
| Cathode rays discovered |
1858 |
| Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867) |
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure. |
| Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) |
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc., |
| Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877) |
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc., |
| Thomas Edison (1879) |
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies. |
| First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) |
1883 |
| Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) |
Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering." |
| 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. |
| Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) |
cars go vroom |
| Eiffel Tower (1889) |
For the World Exposition in Paris |
| Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent |
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. |
| Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message |
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
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Ryan T
European history