Industrial Revolution Inventors duel

Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

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

First ancestor of the computer

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.

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

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)

Made generators and electrical engines possible

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

Automated thread spinning

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

This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

Began the first regular commercial rail service

Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

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.

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

Early form of photography

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

1883

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Hiram Maxim's machine gun (1884)

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.

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

Cartwright's power loom (1787)

Reinforced Concrete

Eiffel Tower (1889)

First steam-powered mill (1779)

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877)

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.

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

Thomas Edison (1879)

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

Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

Reinforced Concrete

Automated thread spinning

First transatlantic cable completed 1858

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

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.

Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

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

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

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

More efficient thread spinning

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

1858

cars go vroom

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.

Eiffel Tower (1889) For the World Exposition in Paris

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.

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

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