GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -John Boyd Dunlop (1840 – 1922) invented the pneumatic tyre in 1888, unaware that Robert Thomson had already patented a design for a pneumatic tyre in 1846.

Detailed explanation-2: -The credit for the pneumatic tyre must go to two men: John Boyd Dunlop, who developed it in Ireland in 1888, and Robert W. Thomson of England who had patented it 43 years earlier in 1845.

Detailed explanation-3: -His invention came about as a consequence of trying to make his son’s tri-cycle more comfortable to ride. Dunlop was watching his young son riding on solid rubber tyres over cobbled ground and he noticed that his little boy was not going very fast and did not seem very comfortable.

Detailed explanation-4: -The company has been involved in rubber-tire manufacture since the late 19th century. Dunlop’s founder, John Boyd Dunlop (1840–1921), who had constructed the first pneumatic (air-filled) tire, received a patent for the tire in 1888. The following year he formed a company to manufacture pneumatic bicycle tires.