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THE INNOVATORS

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First car with rain-sensing wipers | Citroën SM | 1970

ven before the application of windscreen wipers on automobiles, the need for a means to clear precipitation and muck from the windows of streetcars saw some interesting developments come to the fore. In 1903, Irish-born inventor JH Apjohn gained a UK patent for a mechanism that moved two brushes

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