Inventions during the industrial revolution By shayooooooooooo 1707 First practical steam engine by Thomas Newcomen 1764 spinning jenny by James Hargreaves (1722-1778) 1780 The power loom by Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) Oct 22, 1879 First electric bulb by Thomas Edison 1884 First automobile by Carl Benz Dec 28, 1895 The first motion picture film by the Lumière Brothers