Industrial Revolution By munozdani2 Jan 1, 1698 First Commenrcial Steam Engine Jan 1, 1712 Steam Engine improved by Thomas Newcomen Jan 1, 1764 Spinning Jenny invented James Hargreaves invetns spinning wheel to spin more than one yarn, thus making it faster to create clothes. Jan 1, 1769 Improvement of Steam Engine James Watt, from Scotland, improves steam engine. Jan 1, 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin. Separation of cotton seeds and cotton fiber. Jan 1, 1844 Samuel Morse invents the Telegraph Jan 1, 1846 Elias Howe invents sewing machine Jan 1, 1855 Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented Mar 1, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone Oct 1, 1879 Thomas Edison uses lightbulb to light a lamp. Dec 1, 1903 Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane flight Oct 1, 1908 Henry Ford creates Model T