Macintosh was born in Glasgow, where he was first employed as a clerk. He devoted all his spare time to science, particularly chemistry, and before he was twenty resigned his clerkship to take up the manufacture of chemicals. In this he was highly successful, inventing various new processes. His experiments with one of the by_products of tar, naphtha, led to his invention of waterproof fabrics, the essence of his patent being the cementing of two thicknesses of india-rubber together, the india-rubber being made soluble by the action of the naphtha. For his various chemical discoveries he was, in 1823, elected a fellow of the Royal Society.
During a career as an industrial chemist that began before he was 20 years old, Macintosh manufactured sal ammoniac, prepared lead acetate, invented various fabric dyes, and obtained a patent for an impractical method of converting iron into steel at high temperatures.
Audio 3:36 min - On July 1, 1969, at Caernarfon Castle in Wales, Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, was invested as the prince of Wales, the traditional.
On July 1, 1969, at Caernarfon Castle in Wales, Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, was invested as the prince of Wales, the traditional.
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