Archive for October 19th, 2008

Which Came First, The Tire or The Wheel?

When I check the timeline I look at every year to see that everything is written correctly. While doing this, I noticed that 1846 saw the patenting of the pneumatic tire, and I thought it would be interesting to check a little about it.

A short trip back to the roots: Before the tire there was the wheel. The invention of the wheel is one of man’s greatest achievements, and is attributed to ancient Mesopotamia, in the 5th Millennium BC.

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Published in: Knowledge Base | on October 19th, 2008 | No Comments »