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CHARLES MACINTOSH

Charles Macintosh was a Scottish chemist. He was born in 1766 and died in 1843. While trying to utilise the coal-naptha given off in distilling tar, he discovered a process of dissolving India-rubber and waterproofing cloth. He patented the invention in 1823, and the Mackintosh was created.
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