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Jan 23, 2021 · Pneumatic Tires. Robert William Thomson (1822–1873) invented the first vulcanized rubber pneumatic (inflatable) tire. Thomson patented his pneumatic tire in 1845, and while his invention worked well, it was too costly to catch on. That changed with John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), a Scottish veterinarian and the recognized inventor of the ...
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John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing. He sold his rights to the pneumatic tyres to ...
Robert William Thomson (born June 29, 1822, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland—died March 8, 1873, Edinburgh) was a Scottish engineer and entrepreneur, known as the inventor of the pneumatic tire. Thomson was the son of the owner of a woollen mill and was sent at age 14 to Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., to live with an uncle and learn ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 14, 2018 · In 1845, Robert W. Thomson patented the air-filled tire, which greatly reduced vibration and improved traction. Despite his genius, his idea was ahead of its time. Rubber was too expensive for the tire to be profitable, and the pneumatic tire was forgotten. The growing popularity of bicycles later in the 19th century sparked new interest in ...
Oct. 23, 1921, Dublin (aged 81) John Boyd Dunlop (born Feb. 5, 1840, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scot.—died Oct. 23, 1921, Dublin) was an inventor who developed the pneumatic rubber tire. In 1867 he settled in Belfast as a veterinary surgeon. In 1887 he constructed there a pneumatic tire for his son’s tricycle. Patented the following year, the tire ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Forty-three years would pass before the idea of a pneumatic tire would again be tested. In 1887, Dunlop a practicing veterinary surgeon, watched as his 9-year–old son Johnny struggled with his tricycle mounted with solid rubber wheels. Using a big wooden disk as a wheel, he formed a tube using sheet rubber. He inserted a one-way valve ...
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Scottish veterinarian John Boyd Dunlop introduced a product that would change this forever. In 1888, he invented the world’s first pneumatic, or inflatable, rubber tire for bicycles. His invention would later be used for car tires. Born on February 5, 1840, in Ayrshire, Scotland, Dunlop earned a degree in veterinary medicine at Edinburgh ...
