Inventors Challenge By Covington 1821 Thomas L. Jennings invents a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing 1837 John Deere invented the first cast steel plow. 1837 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. 1839 Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber. 1853 Elisha Graves Otis invents the elevator break. 1857 Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper. 1861 Nicholas August Otton invents the first gas powered motor. 1873 Levis Strauss invented blue jeans. 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. 1886 John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola. 1888 George Eastman invented the first hand held camera and rolled film. 1893 Nikola Tesla invents the radio. 1903 Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invent Crayola Crayons. 1906 Frank Henry Fleer invents bubble gum. 1906 Madam C.J. Walker Invents African American Hair Care Products 1922 John Logie Baird invents the television