Inventions of the First Industrial Revolution By irati_9 1712 First steam engine Thomas Newcomen 1764 Spinning Jenny James Hargreaves 1844 Telegraph Samuel Morse 1846 Sewing Machine Elias Howe 1853 Elevator safety break Elisha Otis 1855 Bessemer method Henry Bessemer 1876 Telephone Alexander Graham Bell 1879 Light bulb to light a lamp Made by Nikola Tesla but Thomas Edison took the honor 1903 First powered airplane flight Orville Wright 1908 Ford model T car Henry Ford