Industrial Revolution By britineyackley Jan 1, 1790 Oliver Evans invented a high-pressure steam engine Jan 1, 1793 Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin Jan 1, 1797 Eli Terry invented the clock Jan 1, 1830 Peter Cooper invented the first steam locomotive built in America called the Tom Thumb Jan 1, 1838 Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph, he demonstrated it using morse code Apr 10, 1849 Walter Hunt invented the safety pin Jan 1, 1856 Henry Bessemer invented the Bessemer Process Jan 1, 1858 John Mason invented the mason jar Jan 1, 1860 Milton Bradley invented The Checkered Game of Life May 7, 1867 Alfred Nobel invented dynamite Mar 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone May 19, 2017 William Seward Burroughs invented an arithmetical calculator