Show 0 now mow nit started by jean newton why Is I 1 it a pneumatic tire S EVERYBODY knows there are AS two kinds of tires those which are solidly rubber throughout and those which can be used only around an inflated rubber tube this latter kind hind of tire as we know Is called a pneumatic tire put but why Is it known as pneumatic the answer illustrates again how much our everyday every day english owes to its classic forbears for the word pneumatic as applied to a tire indicating that it must be used with a tube inflated with air Is derived directly from the greek word meaning lung after the obvious similarity in their functioning tio ning so EO tar far as the necessity of air is concerned 0 1032 bell syndicate service |