Inventions people made By ksmith814 1590 Anton von Leeuenhoek invents the microscope. 1642 William Seward Burroughts invents the adding machine 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. 1794 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. 1796 Jonas Salk invents a vaccine for polio. 1821 Thomas L. Jennings invents a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing 1829 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. 1837 John Deere invented the first cast steel plow. 1839 Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber. 1852 Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber. 1855 Ezra Warner invents the can opener. 1857 Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper. 1858 Elijah McCoy invents the ironing board. 1861 Nicholas August Otton invents the first gas powered motor. 1873 Levis Strauss invented blue jeans. 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. 1879 Thomas Edison invents the light bulb. 1886 John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola. 1887 Alexander Miles invents automatic elevator doors. 1888 George Eastman invented the first hand held camera and rolled film.