![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
National Museums Scotland - Happy Birthday John Boyd Dunlop! Scottish inventor Dunlop was born #OTD in 1840 and is known for his design of the pneumatic tyre. Pneumatic tyres are now used
![Robert Thomson - the Scotsman who first patented pneumatic tyres - Invention - Bite Sized Britain - Britain's amazing history and culture Robert Thomson - the Scotsman who first patented pneumatic tyres - Invention - Bite Sized Britain - Britain's amazing history and culture](https://images.prismic.io/six-things/05258a05-8d64-48b0-90bd-3403f43629e2_Aerial-Wheel.jpg?auto=compress,format&rect=0,26,900,900&w=700&h=700)