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
![John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish pneumatic tyre inventor - Stock Image - H404/0170 - Science Photo Library John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish pneumatic tyre inventor - Stock Image - H404/0170 - Science Photo Library](https://media.sciencephoto.com/h4/04/01/70/h4040170-800px-wm.jpg)
John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish pneumatic tyre inventor - Stock Image - H404/0170 - Science Photo Library
![John Boyd Dunlop on a bicycle taken from the book 'Dunlop in War and Peace', and includes his signature. | The book John Boyd Dunlop on a bicycle taken from the book 'Dunlop in War and Peace', and includes his signature. | The book](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c1/0b/51/c10b51aaee97c3b4dad554ba1150509c--signature-peace.jpg)
John Boyd Dunlop on a bicycle taken from the book 'Dunlop in War and Peace', and includes his signature. | The book
![Twitter 上的 Ulster Museum:"The inventor of the pneumatic tyre, John Boyd Dunlop, was born #OnThisDay 1840. According to the story, he thought of his idea for an inflated rubber tyre in 1887, Twitter 上的 Ulster Museum:"The inventor of the pneumatic tyre, John Boyd Dunlop, was born #OnThisDay 1840. According to the story, he thought of his idea for an inflated rubber tyre in 1887,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dypzg63X0AASTqV.jpg)
Twitter 上的 Ulster Museum:"The inventor of the pneumatic tyre, John Boyd Dunlop, was born #OnThisDay 1840. According to the story, he thought of his idea for an inflated rubber tyre in 1887,
![John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921), inventore scozzese che ha fondato la società di gomma che porta il suo nome Foto stock - Alamy John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921), inventore scozzese che ha fondato la società di gomma che porta il suo nome Foto stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/wh9exg/john-boyd-dunlop-1840-1921-inventore-scozzese-che-ha-fondato-la-societa-di-gomma-che-porta-il-suo-nome-wh9exg.jpg)