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John Dunlop was the vet who invented the pneumatic tyre – Historical articles and illustrationsHistorical articles and illustrations | Look and Learn
![365 Days of Motoring on Twitter: "On this day in 1888 John Boyd Dunlop applied to patent the pneumatic tyre https://t.co/sherxJcu7L https://t.co/Mqlt3X9qPS" / Twitter 365 Days of Motoring on Twitter: "On this day in 1888 John Boyd Dunlop applied to patent the pneumatic tyre https://t.co/sherxJcu7L https://t.co/Mqlt3X9qPS" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFcLSEgXYAIFRhA.jpg)
365 Days of Motoring on Twitter: "On this day in 1888 John Boyd Dunlop applied to patent the pneumatic tyre https://t.co/sherxJcu7L https://t.co/Mqlt3X9qPS" / Twitter
Dunlop Tyres Australia & New Zealand - In December 1888, John Boyd Dunlop was granted a patent for what has turned out to be a very big invention after inventing a tyre
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