industrial revolution inventions By mcgovran Period: Dec 7, 1700 to Dec 7, 1920 inventions Dec 9, 1711 1711 John Shore invents the tuning fork Dec 9, 1712 1712 atmospheric steam engine Dec 9, 1722 1722 Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher Ambrose Godfrey Dec 9, 1745 1745 first electrical capacitor Daniel Gralath Dec 9, 1752 1752 lightening rod Benjamin Franklin Dec 9, 1773 1733 flying shuttle john kay Dec 7, 1775 James Watt First reliable Steam Engine 1775 Dec 7, 1793 Eli Whitney Cotton Gin, Interchangeable parts for muskets 1793, 1798 Dec 7, 1836 Samuel F. B. Morse Telegraph 1836 Dec 7, 1844 Elias Howe Sewing Machine 1844 Dec 7, 1866 Cyrus Field Transatlantic Cable 1866 Dec 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell Telephone 1876 Dec 7, 1877 Thomas Edison Phonograph, Incandescant Light Bulb 1877, 1879 Dec 9, 1881 1881 metal detector Alexander Gram Bell Dec 9, 1881 automatic player piano John McTammany Dec 9, 1882 1882 Form of electric light Thomas Edison Dec 9, 1885 1885 gas engine motorcycle Dec 9, 1886 1886 dishwasher/ Coca Cola Dec 7, 1888 Nikola Tesla Induction Electric Motor 1888 Dec 9, 1888 1888 drinking straws/AC motor and transformer Marvin Stone Dec 7, 1892 Rudolf Diesel Diesel Engine 1892 Dec 9, 1895 1895 portable motion picture camera Dec 9, 1896 1896 rubber heel Dec 9, 1898 1898 roller coaster Dec 9, 1900 1900 Zeppelin/escalator Dec 9, 1901 1901 radio transmission/ vaccuum Dec 7, 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright First Airplane 1903 Dec 9, 1904 1904 tractor Dec 9, 1906 1906 Cornflakes/ Sonar Dec 9, 1907 1907 gyrocopter
