Inventors Challenge By phoenix lily mj 1821 Thomas L. Jennings invented a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing 1837 _1837____ John Deere invented the first cast steel plow 1845 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. 1854 Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper. 1858 Ezra Warner invents the can opener. 1861 Nicholas August Otton invents the first gas powered motor. 1873 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. 1873 Levis Strauss invented blue jeans. 1877 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. 1886 John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola. 1888 George Eastman invented the first handheld camera and rolled film. 1893 George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel. 1893 Nikola Tesla invents the radio. 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the airplane. 1903 Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper.