On October 22, 1917 in Celtic History
John boyd dunlop scottish inventor of the pneumatic rubber tire died.
Born into a farming family in Dreghorn in Ayrshire, John Boyd Dunlop was a veterinary surgeon by profession, having qualified at Edinburgh Veterinary College (now part of Edinburgh University ) when he was only 19. He worked as a vet in Edinburgh for n
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