Inventors Challange. By Mizumaru 1794 1794 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. 1837 1837 John Deere invented the first cast steel plow. 1839 1839 Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber. 1845 1845 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. 1853 1853 Ezra Warner invents the can opener. 1861 1861 Nicholas August Otton invents the first gas powered motor. 1873 1873 Levis Strauss invented blue jeans. 1886 1886 John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola. 1887 1887 Alexander Miles invents automatic elevator doors. 1888 1888 George Eastman invented the first hand held camera and rolled film. 1891 1891 Dr. Patricia Bath invents a Laserphaco Probe. 1903 1903 Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper. 1903 1903 Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invent Crayola Crayons. 1906 1906 Frank Henry Fleer invents bubble gum. 1987 Tomas Edison created the lightbulb