List of Inventions and Inventors During the Industrial Revolution (1800-1899)

Inventions by decade patented: 1790 - 1829Cotton GinEli Whitney Steam EngineOliver Evans Pattern latheThomas Blanchard SteamboatJohn Fitch SteamboatRobert Fulton Process for weaving straw with silk or threadMary Dixon Kies Steam powered transportationJohn Stevens Cast-Iron Piano FrameAlpheus Babcock Spinning MachineSamuel Slater ClockEli Terry

Inventions by decade patented: 1830 - 1839Screw PropellerJohn Ericsson Mechanical ReaperCyrus Hall McCormick Power loomErastus Bigelow Process for making malleable ironSeth Boyden Revolver with Interchangeable PartsSamuel Colt First steam locomotive built in AmericaPeter Cooper

Inventions by decade patented: 1840 - 1859Vulcanization of RubberCharles Goodyear TelegraphSamuel F. B. Morse Bessemer ProcessHenry Bessemer Sewing MachineElias Howe Automated Sugar RefiningNorbert Rillieux Suspension BridgeJohn Roebling Steam LocomotiveMatthias Baldwin Process for condensing milkGail Borden, Jr. Electric fire alarm systemMoses Farmer Printing PressRichard M. Hoe Safety pinWalter Hunt Mason jarJohn Mason Combine harvesterLewis Miller Machine for Crushing StoneEli Whitney Blake Iron BuildingsJames Bogardus

LoomGeorge Crompton BeehiveLorenzo Lorraine Langstroth Improvement in Boring-Mills

William Sellers Iron Truss BridgeSquire Whipple

Inventions by decade patented: 1860 - 1869Steam GeneratorGeorge Babcock PlowsJohn Deere DynamiteAlfred Nobel Elevator BrakeElisha Graves Otis PasteurizationLouis Pasteur Steam GeneratorStephen Wilcox Game boardMilton Bradley Stock tickerEdward Calahan Steel making process in AmericaAlexander Holley Modern day fire hydrantBirdsill Holly, Jr. CelluloidJohn Hyatt Pullman carGeorge Pullman Measuring instrumentsJoseph Saxton Door lockLinus Jr. Yale Improvement in Electrical SignalsThomas Seavey Hall Improved VelocipedeThomas R. Pickering

Inventions by decade patented: 1870 - 1879Telephone / TelegraphyAlexander Graham Bell Alternating CurrentGeorge Westinghouse, Jr. Automatic Engine Lubricator

Elijah McCoy Zig Zag sewing machineHelen Blanchard Arc lamp for street lightingCharles Brush Improvements in the steam engineGeorge Corliss Signal flares used by shipsMartha Coston Design of automobile and motorcycle enginesGottleib Daimler Barbed wireJoseph Glidden Direct current dynamoZénobe Gramme Cable carAndrew Hallidie Steam powered rock drillSimon Ingersoll Machine for making flat bottom paper bagsMargaret Knight Breech-Loading FirearmJohn Moses Browning

Inventions by decade patented: 1880 - 1889Gramophone / MicrophoneEmile Berliner CalculatorWilliam Seward Burroughs PhotographyGeorge Eastman AluminumCharles Martin Hall Punch Card TabulatorHerman Hollerith LinotypeOttmar Mergenthaler Gas-Motor EngineNicolaus August Otto Alternating CurrentWilliam Stanley, Jr. Alternating CurrentNikola Tesla Dishwasher

Josephine Cochran Filament for electric light bulbLewis Latimer Shoe-lasting machineJan Matzeliger WaterwheelLester Pelton Electric street carFrank Sprague Sound recording instrumentsCharles Tainter Electric-Arc LampElihu Thomson Dissolvable PillsWilliam Erastus Upjohn Fountain penLewis Waterman Portable voltmeterEdward Weston Railway TelegraphyGranville Woods Flexible Flyer SledSamuel Leeds Allen Improved Method for Opening and Closing ElevatorsAlexander Miles Glass Tile, MosaicLouis Comfort Tiffany

Inventions by decade patented: 1890 - 1899CarborundumEdward Goodrich Acheson Internal-Combustion EngineRudolf Diesel Bromine ExtractionHerbert Henry Dow RadioGuglielmo Marconi Alternating CurrentCharles Proteus Steinmetz Tapered Roller BearingsHenry Timken Jenny coupler for railroad carsAndrew Beard

Traveling grate furnaceEckley Coxe Breakfast cerealJohn Kellogg Maxim gun; smokeless gunpowderHiram Maxim Bottle capWilliam Painter Automatic telephone dialing systemAlmon Strowger Automobile, bicycle, and diesel applicationsAlexander Winton Telegraphic InstrumentsElisha Gray SubmarineJohn Phillip Holland Electric TelegraphyOliver Joseph Lodge CinematographeAuguste-Marie Lumière CinematographeLouis Lumière Explosion and Combustion MotorWilhelm Maybach EscalatorJesse Wilford Reno EscalatorCharles D. Seeberger Valve for Steam EnginesFrederick Ellsworth Sickels