Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1911 — Automobile Invention to Take Place of Pneumatic Tire. [ARTICLE]

Automobile Invention to Take Place of Pneumatic Tire.

George Westinghouse, of air brake fame, announces the perfection of an air spring for use on automobiles, which is to take the place of the pneumatic tiro, and by a peculiar coincidence Thomas Edison gives out the perfection of an automatic pneumatic tire which is regarded as immune from any puncture. It is claimed the tire is positively indestructible until the rubber itself wears out. Mr. Edison delayed announcing the success of his invention from his time being taken up with completing a storage battery from England. Mr. Westinghouse says the air spring device is the invention of a New Jersey minister, which he made practicable.