Inventor's Challenge

By racheldurivage
  • Jan 23, 1440

    Johannes Gutenburg

    Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press in 1440.

  • Ben Franklin

    Ben Franklin invented many things, but one of his first inventions was the electrical tube, made in 1747.

  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton invented the steamboat in 1765.

  • James Watt

    James Watt invented an improved steam engine called the Watt steam engine in 1781.

  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1794.

  • Dr. Edward Jenner

    Dr. Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine. It was a vaccine for smallpox and it was created in 1796.

  • Joseph-Nicephore Niepce

    Joseph-Nicephore Niepce took the first photograph and invented photography in 1827.

  • Samuel F. B. Morse

    Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in 1844.

  • L.E Waterman

    L.E Waterman invented the capillary feed fountain pen in 1844.

  • Isaac Singer

    Isaac singer invented the sewing machine in 1850.

  • Elisha Otis

    Elisha Otis invented the Elevator in 1853.

  • Ezra J. Warner

    Ezra J. Warner invented the first can opener in 1858

  • Étienne Lenoir

    Étienne Lenoir invented the first commercially successful internal combustion engine back in 1858.

  • Christopher Latham Soles

    Christopher Latham Soles invented the typewriter in 1868.

  • Elijah McCoy

    Elijah McCoy invented a lubricator for oiling steam engines in 1872.

  • Levi Strauss

    Levi Strauss invented the blue jeans in 1873.

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879.

  • Whitcomb Judson

    Whitcomb Judson invented the zipper in 1890.

  • W.H Carrier

    W.H Carrier invented air conditioning in 1902.

  • Edwin Binney and Harold Smith

    Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invented the Crayola crayon in 1902.

  • Orville & Wilbur Wright

    Orville & Wilbur Wright invented the first successful airplane in 1903.

  • Richard Drew

    Richard Drew invented masking tape and scotch tape in 1925 and 1930.

  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine because he discovered Penicillin in 1928.

  • Dr. Charles Drew

    Dr. Charles Drew invented techniques for blood storage which lead to his creation of the first blood banks in 1938.

  • James Wright

    James Wright invented Silly Putty in 1943.

  • Richard James

    Richard James invented the slinky in 1943.

  • Percy L. Spencer

    Percy L. Spencer invented the microwave oven in 1946.

  • Bette Nesmith Graham

    Bette Nesmith Graham invented Liquid Paper in 1956.

  • Arthur Granjean

    Arthur Granjean invented the Etch a Sketch in 1959.

  • Ann Moore

    Ann Moore invented the Snugli in 1968.

  • Spencer Silver

    Spencer Silver invented Post-It notes in 1970.