industrial revolution inventions By RobertWarren02 Apr 25, 1712 Thomson Newcomen invents the first steam engine Apr 25, 1733 John Kay invents the Flying Shuttle Apr 26, 1764 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. Apr 26, 1779 Samuel Crompton perfects the spinning mule. Apr 26, 1785 Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom. Apr 26, 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin Apr 26, 1836 Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph. Apr 26, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. Apr 26, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the incandescent light bulb. Apr 26, 1892 Rudolf Diesel patents the diesel engine.
