Industrial Revolution By raegenb Period: 1700 to 1900 Industrial Revolution 1712 Steam Engine Was invented 1764 The Spinning Jenny is invented 1769 James Watt improves the steam engine. 1794 Whitney patents the cotton gin 1844 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. 1846 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. 1853 Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break. 1855 The Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented. 1866 Alfred Nobel creates dynamite. 1870 Louis Pasteur develops vaccines for diseases. 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. 1879 Thomas Edison uses a light bulb to light a lamp. 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge opens. 1903 Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane flight. 1908 Henry Ford creates the Model T.