1888
Transportation
Ireland
Pneumatic tyre
John Boyd Dunlop re-invented the air-filled tyre for his son's tricycle.
Why it mattered
Made bicycles and then cars tolerable to ride.
Industrial Age
1888
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1888
Art & Culture
United States
Roll film and the snapshot camera
George Eastman's Kodak put photography in ordinary hands.
Why it mattered
Turned image-making into a mass everyday act.
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