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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 .
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.
Clan Mackintosh (Clann Mhic an Tòisich) is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. [1] The chiefs of the clan are the Mackintoshes of Mackintosh.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was commemorated on a series of banknotes issued by the Clydesdale Bank in 2009; his image appeared on an issue of £100 notes. [ 40 ] In 2012, one of the largest collections of art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Four Glasgow School was sold at auction in Edinburgh for £1.3m.
coat of paint applied prior to the top coat (US: primer) layer of fine hair close to the skin of a mammal rustproofing treatment applied to the underneath of an automobile (UK: underseal) underground (often cap.) subterranean railway system, esp. the ones in London & Glasgow (US: subway or metro) -- see also tube: subterranean illicit
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The Mackinaw jacket traces its roots to coats that were made by white and Métis women in November 1811, [2] [3] when John Askin Jr., an early trader on the upper Great Lakes, hired them to design and sew 40 woolen greatcoats for the British Army post at Fort St. Joseph (Ontario), near Mackinac. His wife, Madelaine Askin, took an important role ...