Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)
This would allow for long-distance communication
Cathode rays discovered
Gasoline refinement
First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.
Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine
First ancestor of the computer
For the World Exposition in Paris
From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Made generators and electrical engines possible
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.
James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny
Automated thread spinning
Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)
Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.
Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent
Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.
Under the Thames
Cartwright's power loom (1787)
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James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal
Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester
Joseph Monier (1849)
Reinforced Concrete
Thomas Edison (1879)
Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.
Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)
This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,
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.
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.
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)
Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,
Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)
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.
First steam-powered mill (1779)
Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854)
Revolutionized the production of steel
cars go vroom
More efficient thread spinning
Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)
First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.
First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
Began the first regular commercial rail service
