1900 Event Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player 1894 Event Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit 1892 Event Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York 1892 Event Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer 1888 Event John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire 1888 Event John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire 1870 Event 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered) 1840 Birthday John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer, pneumatic rubber tire