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Google Doodle honours father of the raincoat, Charles Macintosh

Updated on: 29 December,2016 12:12 PM IST  | 
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Google has honoured the inventor of waterproof material, Charles Macintosh, with a Doodle on Thursday to mark what would be his 250th birth anniversary

Google Doodle honours father of the raincoat, Charles Macintosh

Charles Macintosh Google Doodle

Charles Macintosh Google Doodle


New Delhi: Google has honoured the inventor of waterproof material, Charles Macintosh, with a Doodle on Thursday to mark what would be his 250th birthday.


The Scottish chemist's invention, which led to the modern raincoat, is to be credited for making it a lot more convenient to go out in the rain.


The Doodle shows Macintosh enjoying a Scottish rain shower while testing his ingenious invention.

"His invention, patented in 1823, came about as he experimented with coal-tar naphtha and rubber and realised they could be fused together with fabric to create a waterproof surface," Google said in a statement.

In Britain, it is now common to call any type of raincoat a "Mac".

Born in Glasgow, Macintosh's contribution is, however, not limited to the invention of waterproof fabrics. He also figured out a way to make blast furnaces more efficient and also invented a bleaching powder.

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