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August 23, 1904
On August 23, 1904, the automobile tire chain is patented.
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Featured · August 23, 1904
The automobile tire chain is patented.
Snow chains, or tire chains, are devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to provide increased traction when driving through snow and ice.
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1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th…
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On August 23, 1904
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1904 The automobile tire chain is patented. Devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to improve traction on snow and ice
Snow chains, or tire chains, are devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to provide increased traction when driving through snow and ice.
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Other moments from 1904
- April 4 Two Ms ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
- April 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- August 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- August 25 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
- December 3 The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
- December 6 Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
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