inventions industrial rev By cberrier Dec 7, 1775 james watt invents the first reliable steam engine Dec 7, 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin Dec 7, 1798 Eli Whitney Interchangeable parts for muskets Dec 7, 1807 robert fulton Regular Steamboat service on the Hudson River Dec 7, 1836 Samuel F. B. Morse telegraph Dec 7, 1844 Elias Howe sewing machine Dec 7, 1851 Isaac Singer Improves and markets Howe's Sewing Machine Dec 7, 1866 Cyrus Field Transatlantic Cable Dec 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell telephone Dec 7, 1877 thomas edison phonograph Dec 7, 1879 Thomas Edison incandecent lightbulb Dec 7, 1888 Nikola Tesla Induction Electric Motor Dec 7, 1892 Rudolf Diesel Diesel Engine Dec 7, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright First Airplane Dec 7, 1908 Henry Ford Model T Ford Dec 7, 1913 Henry Ford Assembly Line