Inventors Timeline

  • Thomas L. Jennings invents a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing.

    Thomas L. Jennings invents a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing.

    His invention is really called dry scouring.
  • John Deere invented the first cast steel plow.

    John Deere invented the first cast steel plow.

    The polished steel plow became a turning point for farming.
  • Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.

    Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.

    His invention helped the mass production of sewing machines and clothing.
  • Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper.

    Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper.

    He made toliet paper with aloe so it would prevent hemorrhoids.
  • Ezra Warner invents the can opener.

    Ezra Warner invents the can opener.

    The idea of storing food in cans dates back almost 50 years earlier when Peter Durand of England patented a can made of wrought iron with a tin lining.
  • Nicholas August Otto invents the first gas powered motor.

    Nicholas August Otto invents the first gas powered motor.

    Three years later after he made the first gas powered motor he formed a partnership with the German industrialist Eugen Langen, and together they developed an improved engine that won a gold medal at the Paris Exposition of 1867.
  • Levis Strauss invented blue jeans.

    Levis Strauss invented blue jeans.

    May 20, 1873 marked an historic day the birth of the blue jean. It was on that day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis obtained a U.S. patent on the process of putting rivets in men's work pants for the very first time.
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

    The telephone has changed a lot since he invented the telephone.
  • Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.

    Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.

    His invention was the first practical electric incandescent lamp.
  • John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola.

    John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola.

    He carried a jug of the new product down to Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta. There, it was sampled, pronounced excellent and placed on sale as a soda fountain drink for five cents a glass.
  • George Eastman invented the first hand held camera and rolled film.

    George Eastman invented the first hand held camera and rolled film.

    The cameras name is Kodak.
  • George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel.

    George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel.

    The Ferris wheel is the most famous ride at the carnival.
  • Nikola Tesla invents the radio.

    Nikola Tesla invents the radio.

    The radio is still used to this day.
  • Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper.

    Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper.

    Mary Anderson thought it made no sense that New York streetcar drivers had to keep jumping off to clean snow from the windshield. So she made the windshield wiper.
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the airplane.

    Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the airplane.

    They are known as the Wright brothers.