14. 1908, 1913 Model T Ford, Assembly Line Henry Ford 1903 First Airplane Orville and Wilbur Wright 1892 Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel 1888 Induction Electric Motor Nikola Tesla 1877, 1879 Phonograph, Incandescant Light Bulb Thomas Edison 1876 Telephone Alexander Graham Bell 1866 Transatlantic Cable Cyrus Field 1851 Improves and markets Howe's Sewing Machine Isaac Singer 1844 Sewing Machine Elias Howe 1836 Telegraph Samuel F. B. Morse 1807 Regular Steamboat service on the Hudson River Robert Fulton 1793, 1798 Cotton Gin, Interchangeable parts for muskets Eli Whitney 1775 First reliable Steam Engine James Watt Date Invention Person