Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
John Boyd Dunlop
Standard Name: Dunlop, John Boyd
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31 October 1888: John Boyd Dunlop, of Belfast, patented the...
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31 October 1888
John Boyd Dunlop
, of Belfast, patented the successful reinvention of the air-filled pneumatic tyre; initially meant for bicycles, it was quickly adopted by the emerging motor-car industry.
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