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| | John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish Inventor |
 | | In the long tradition of major discoveries and inventions coming about through coincidence, accident or necessity, the beginning of Dunlop's legacy occurred when, in 1888, he was watching his son ride his tricycle. |
| | Dunlop was not the first person to invent the device (it was first conceived by another Scotsman, Robert William Thomson, in the 1840's), but Dunlop was the first to develop and patent a practical version of it. |
| | Later on however, he would become instrumental in creating the first usable pneumatic tire, a device which is essential in the modern automobile. |
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