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Google celebrates 250th birth anniversary of Charles Macintosh

| | Dec 29, 2016, at 04:49 pm
#Google #Doodle #CharlesMacintosh #Waterproof
Mountain View, Dec 29 (IBNS): Web giant Google on Thursday celebrated the 250th birth anniversary of Charles Macintosh, the inventor of waterproof fabrics.

The doodle shows Macintosh standing in the rain, wearing a hat and a raincoat, water repelling his dress.

Macintosh was a Scottish chemist, who was born in 1766 in Glasgow.

In 1823, he was granted a patent for the waterproof fabric.

 

Image: Google.co.in

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