The pneumatic tire John Dunlop came up with was originally for this mode of transportation
The following... [DOC] [TLE] RubberNews.com - Where the rubber industry gets its news first [PAR] Mar 20, 2006 ... First invented and patented by Robert W. Thomson of Middlesex, England, ... in 
1888 by John Boyd Dunlop of Belfast, Ireland, the pneumatic tire brought in a ... 
Before Dunlop's commercialization of the pneumatic tire and his formation ... go 
in a day or two by whatever mode of transportation was available.