Bramah Joseph Diplock
Bramah Joseph Diplock was an English inventor who invented the pedrail wheel in 1903 and the pedrail chaintrack, a type of caterpillar track, in 1910.
Diplock was born in Chelsea, London to Thomas Bramah Diplock, a coroner, and Eleanor Diplock.Diplock founded the Pedrail Transport Company of Fulham, which at the outbreak of World War I was the only British company still manufacturing "caterpillar" continuous tracks. A demonstration of the system's ability to support a large load for trench warfare was made on 16 February 1915 to Winston Churchill, and may have been influential in the development of the tank.
Diplock Glacier in Antarctica is named after him.
