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Tire is a covering for the outer rim of a wheel. Most tires are made of rubber reinforced with some kind of fabric and are pneumatic (filled with compressed air). They are used on airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, buses, earth-moving and mining machinery, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, tractors, trucks, and many other kinds of vehicles. Some rubber tires, such as those used on many wagons and wheelbarrows, are solid rubber. The main feature of rubber tires is their ability to absorb the… More »
Dunlop, John Boyd (1840-1921), a Scottish veterinarian, improved on the pneumatic (air-filled)... More >>
Goodrich, Benjamin Franklin (1841-1888), founded the rubber industry in Akron, Ohio. A real... More >>
Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860), was an American inventor. He developed vulcanization, a method of... More >>
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