Word: tubeless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...press, by state governments and by Congress, which is holding hearings on a tire-safety bill, the rubber companies are rolling out a whole batch of new tires that have some of the most important changes since the introduction of rayon cord (1938), nylon cord (1947) and tubeless tires (1947). Compared with existing tires, they wear longer, are less likely to blow out, grip the road more strongly, and keep their shape better...
Even for the most sedate tuber, a problem looms. How long will the supply of inner tubes last? Ever since Akron manufacturers switched to tubeless tires, the cost of inner tubes has suffered from inflation and the supply from depletion. Perhaps demand will force Akron to produce a new item: the tireless tube...
...behind the gun was Georgetown University's Neurosurgeon John P. Gallagher, who wanted a safe way to treat aneurysms in the brain. Aneurysms are like blisters in tubeless tires: at a weak spot in its wall, an artery balloons out. The stretched wall is so thin that any rise in blood pressure caused by excitement or strain may burst it. Occasionally and unpredictably, the break is self-sealing and the scar may make the artery wall stronger than before, but more often a fatal flood of blood is spilled into the brain cavity. Usually, the aneurysm first develops...