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Google celebrates 250th birth anniversary of Charles Macintosh
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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