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Macintosh, Charles (1766–1843)
Scottish chemist who invented the waterproof fabric eventually known as mackintosh (1823), a layer of rubber dissolved in naphtha being sandwiched between two layers of cloth. Quality was much improved with the advent of vulcanized rubber (patented in 1844 by Charles Goodyear).
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