Inventions and Inventors in the Industrial Revolution

By Kyle Koppen

  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    American Inventor Oliver Evans created the first steam engine and patented it in 1790.

  • Steam Locomotive

    Steam Locomotive
    The first steam locomotive was patented in 1831 by Matthias Baldwin and changed transportation forever.

  • Plow

    Plow
    John Deere invented the first ever steel plow in 1837 because the plows kept breaking under the tough soil.

  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    The first Telegraph was patented in 1844 by Samuel Morse and provided a new way of communication.

  • Combine Havester

    Combine Havester
    The first ever combine was made by Lewis Miller and patented his invention on June 17, 1856.

  • Dynamite

    Dynamite
    The first dynamite was patented in 1867 by Alfred Nobel and changed the way mining could be done.

  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire
    In 1873 Joesph Glidden patented his invention of barbed wire and changed the way the American West was shaped.

  • Calculator

    Calculator
    William Seward Burroughs patented the first ever calculator which could solve arithmetic problems.

  • Submarine

    Submarine
    In 1898 the first succesful submarine was built by John Phillip Holland.

  • Internal Combustion Engine

    Internal Combustion Engine
    The internal combustion engine was patented in 1898 and changed how transportation was made.