Yeah right, Just like the French still maintain that it was Peugeot who invented the motor car, and the Americans think it was Henry Ford, but the rest of the world knows it was Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz :-) People in Holland know that Laurensz Coster of Haarlem was the first to print books, where the rest of the world mistakenly maintain it was Gutenberg... But seriously, all I know is that Michelin themselves claim to be the inventor of the radial tyre. Who gave them the idea, I don't know... Robin
"pierre a. lachance" wrote: > Hi volks! > > Am I right or wrong? It is a guy named Alexis Neon ( spelled Nehon?) from > Montreal that invented the radial tire...Nobody in america cared about this > new structure, so he sold it to Michelin ??? Back in 72, I bought a used > volvo from a friend that had Michelin X with 110000 miles on them...they > lasted another 50000 miles and they were still good on ice, but not in the > snow...I almost kept one as a souvenir...this list always has subject to > bring me old souvenirs! > pierre a. lachance > lac beauport, quebec > www.geocities.com/lachancepa/ > > Absolutely right. Michelin invented the radial tyre in the 1940s, (robin) > > David Marshall could be right too.
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