Phillips Inventor's Challenge By Christian Hall 1821 Thomas L. Jennings invents a process for dry-cleaning delicate clothing 1832 Nicholas August Otton invents the first gas powered motor. 1837 John Deere invented the first cast steel plow. 1846 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. 1858 Ezra Warner invents the can opener. 1873 Levis Strauss invented blue jeans. 1875 Joseph Gayetty invents toilet paper 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. 1886 John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola. 1888 George Eastman invented the first handheld camera and rolled film. 1893 George Ferris invents the Ferris Wheel. 1893 Nikola Tesla invents the radio. 1900 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the airplane. 1903 Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper.
