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Google pays tribute to Mackintosh inventor

The Glaswegian chemist has been celebrated with a Google Doodle showing the rain bouncing off him after his invention of waterproof material, which led to the modern raincoat. John Davidson, a fashion writer told the Newsroom's Oliver Conway more about the inventor.
(Photo: Prince Charles wearing mackintosh-style raincoat. Credit: Getty Images).

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