Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP Size:S: 40 x 30cm first patented the pneumatic tyre

first patented the pneumatic tyre in 1845

Gosse (1849-1928) was the son of the naturalist and populariser of science Philip Henry Gosse

Plate 12 from The Great War: A Neutral's Indictment by Louis Raemaekers

presented to the Royal Society

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Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP Size:S: 40 x 30cm first patented the pneumatic tyreLetter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782. Letter written from Passy when Franklin was Minister from the United States to France suggesting that, if the new English Ministry (of Lord Rockingham) was disposed to treat for a general peace, Henry Laurens should be set at full liberty and should bring over propositions. Both Franklin and fellow American Laurens were included in a commission from Congress to conclude a peace, dated