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FACT OF THE DAY ROBERT THOMSON


FACT OF THE DAY

Today in 1845 pneumatic tyres were patented by Scottish civil engineer Robert Thomson. The manufacture of the tyres was too expensive to catch on - that was left to fellow Scot John Boyd Dunlop in 1888. Read here for more on Scottish inventors



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