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The wheel

By Eneko7
  • 3500 BCE

    Solid wood tyre

    The earliest wheels were made from solid wood before 3500 B.C. in Asia
  • 3000 BCE

    The plank wheel

    The plank wheel with three planks of wood attached by wooden cross pieces was invented around 3000 B.C. by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
  • 2000 BCE

    Spoked wheels

    Spoked wheels were first used in Mesopotamia around 2000 B.C.

  • Pneumatic tyre

    The modern pneumatic tyre was invented in 1888 in Scotland by John Dunlop.

  • Wire spokes

    Wire spokes were inveted in England in the 19th century by Sir George Caley. Nowadays it they are used for bikes.