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  2. Mackintosh - Wikipedia

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    The Mackintosh raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. [2] The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh, although many writers added a letter k. The variant spelling of "Mackintosh" is now standard. [3]

  3. Raincoat - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] The Mackintosh raincoat was made out of a fabric impregnated with impermeable rubber, although lacking the better curing methods of earlier Mesoamerican rainwear, the early coats suffered from odor, stiffness, and a tendency to deteriorate from natural body oils and hot weather. Many tailors were reluctant to use his new fabric, and ...

  4. Charles Macintosh - Wikipedia

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    Macintosh was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of George Macintosh and Mary Moore, and was first employed as a clerk.Charles devoted his spare time to science, particularly chemistry, and before he was 20 resigned his clerkship to study under Joseph Black at the University of Edinburgh, [2] and to take up the manufacture of chemicals.

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  6. 1843 in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    25 July – Charles Macintosh, chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics after whom the Mackintosh raincoat is named (born 1766) [5] 5 December – David Hamilton , architect (born 1768 ) The arts

  7. McIntosh - Wikipedia

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    Mackintosh, a form of waterproof raincoat; Mackintosh's or John Mackintosh and Co., British confectionery company Rowntree Mackintosh, following a 1969 merger; Mackintosh's Toffee, its namesake confectionery; McIntosh (apple), an apple cultivar; McIntosh Laboratory, an American manufacturer of high-end audio equipment

  8. Riding coat - Wikipedia

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    It was a brilliant idea for making any fabric waterproof, and the first Macintosh coats were made at the family's dyestuffs factory, Charles Macintosh and Co. of Glasgow. The rubber processing pioneer Thomas Hancock (1786–1865) was aware of Macintosh’s work, and in 1825 he took out a license to manufacture the patented "waterproof double ...

  9. Oilskin - Wikipedia

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    Oilskin jacket and sou'wester. Oilskin is a waterproof cloth used for making garments typically worn by sailors and by others in wet areas. The modern oilskin garment was developed by a New Zealander, Edward Le Roy, in 1898.