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
![Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TXG413/scottish-inventor-john-boyd-dunlop-testing-a-bicycle-equipped-with-his-tyres-1888-TXG413.jpg)
Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy
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