Artillery wheel

Wheels with wood spokes fitted together in a keystone fashion with miter joints, bolted into a two-piece metal nave, were called "wedge wheels" by Walter Hancock who described them in 1834, as he used them on his steam-powered road vehicles.

[3] For motor-drawn guns, the wheel further evolved, primarily to smaller diameters to accommodate solid rubber tires.

Whether wood, pressed steel, or wire wheels were preferred varied greatly in different markets.

Joseph Sankey and Sons developed and patented the first pressed-steel and welded detachable motor car wheel.

Ford Motor Company adopted this in 1935, Chevrolet brought out its now iconic wheel in 1936.