Innovative Inventions By keaturtle Jan 1, 1675 Anton von Leeuenhoek invents the microscope Jan 1, 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. Jan 1, 1803 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the airplane. Jan 1, 1834 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine Aug 22, 1836 Samuel Morris invents the telegraph. Jan 1, 1837 John Deere invented the first cast steel plow. Jan 1, 1843 Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber. Jan 1, 1854 Elisha Graves Otis invents the elevator break. Jan 1, 1857 Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper. Jan 1, 1858 Ezra Warner invents the can opener. Jan 1, 1873 Levis Strauss invents blue jeans. Jan 1, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Jan 1, 1876 Nicholas August Otton invents the first gas powered motor. Jan 1, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the light bulb. Jan 1, 1885 William Seward Burroughts invents the adding machine Jan 1, 1886 John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola. Jan 1, 1888 George Eastman invented the first hand held camera and rolled film. Jan 1, 1892 George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel. Jan 1, 1893 Whitcomb L. Judson invents the zipper Jan 1, 1894 Nikola Tesla invents the radio. Jan 1, 1895 Wilhelm von Roentgen discovers X-rays Jan 1, 1903 Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invent Crayola Crayons. Jan 1, 1905 Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper. Jan 1, 1905 Frank Epperson invents the popsicle. Jan 1, 1906 Frank Henry Fleer invents bubble gum. Jan 1, 1921 Earle Dickson invents the Band-Aid. Jan 1, 1925 John Logie Baird invents the television. Jan 1, 1930 Richard Drew invents scotch tape. Jan 1, 1937 Ruth Wakefield invents chocolate chip cookies Jan 1, 1997 Jonas Salk invents a vaccine for polio.
