http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire
# 1843 – Charles Goodyear announces vulcanization
# 1846 – Robert William Thomson invented and patented the pneumatic tire
# 1888 – First commercial pneumatic bicycle tire produced by Dunlop
# 1889 – John Boyd Dunlop patented the pneumatic tire in the UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_William_Thomson
Robert William Thomson (baptised 26 July 1822–8 March 1873), from Stonehaven, Scotland, was the original inventor of the pneumatic tyre.[1]
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