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	Charles Macintosh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles was prepared with university studies at Glasgow and as a student of Joseph Black at Edinburgh.
		In June 1823, Macintosh patented his process using a solution of india-rubber in naphtha soaked between two layers of cloth forming a sandwich that was pressed together.
		Macintosh was honored for his contributions to chemistry by his election in 1823 as a fellow of the Royal Society.
	www.todayinsci.com /M/Macintosh_Charles/MacintoshCharlesBio.htm (901 words)

	MACINTOSH, Charles
		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.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ma006000.a (460 words)

	Charles Macintosh
		Macintosh was born in Glasgow on December 29, l766.
		Macintosh had the early waterproof garments made in a Manchester factory but they were not comfortable to wear.
		Charles Macintosh will be remembered chiefly for the raincoat but he had many other interests and contributed greatly to local industrial innovation.
	www.johnbarber.com /charlesmac.html (732 words)

	Famous Scots - Charles Macintosh
		Together with Charles Tennant, he invented an easily carried bleaching powder which made a considerable fortune for the two men.
		Despite early problems with the strong smell of rubber, the patent he took out on the process in 1823 meant that by 1836 "Macintoshes" were much in demand.
		Macintosh was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1823 and he died on 25 July, 1843.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfammac.htm (226 words)

	The Macintosh: the Paternity of an Invention - excerpts from the Newcomen Society's Transactions
		This is an excerpt from the paper entitled "The Macintosh: the Paternity of an Invention" by H Schurer, published in the Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 1951-53 Vol 28.
		He announced his discovery in 1818 and it was by a coincidence that in 1819 Charles Macintosh made his contract with the Glasgow gasworks for delivery of coal tar to his factory, for purposes quite different from rubber utilisation.
		When in 1836 Macintosh sued the firm of Everington & Ellis for the infringement of his patent, the rubber solution used by the early aeronauts to render balloon fabric gas-proof was discussed in great detail...
	www.newcomen.com /excerpts/macintosh/index.htm (871 words)

	Charles Macintosh (1766-1843) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Together with chemist George Hancock, Macintosh solved many of the problems involved in reliably producing waterproofed sheets and coats.
		Although Macintosh is best known for his eponymously-titled coats, he was a brilliant chemist with achievements in many different fields.
		Macintosh was also associated with David Dale in the making of turkey-red dyeing in Scotland, and established the first Scottish alum (a double sulphate of aluminium and potassium) works.
	level2.phys.strath.ac.uk /ScienceOnStreets/charlesmacintosh.html (250 words)

	creativepro.com - Heavy Metal Madness: Macintosh, Mackintosh, or McIntosh?
		So the Apple Macintosh was named for the apple McIntosh, which was named for the Scotsman, McIntosh, who came from a long line of McIntoshes, dating back to the third Earl of Fife, who in 1429, actually spelled his name Mackintosh (from Mac-an-Toisch, which means "Son of the Thane or Chief").
		An industrious Scotsman, Charles Macintosh (note spelling) was born in 1766 in Glasgow, and would go on to become an eponym for raincoats, particularly those that are belted around the waist.
		Charles Macintosh was not only into rubber, he and his partner Charles Tennant perfected a method of bleaching that was widely used in the paper and fabric industries.
	www.creativepro.com /story/feature/20783.html (1922 words)

	Raincoats - Types of
		Macintosh to save his name from disgruntled raincoat consumers started making coats the right way with waterproofed seams.
		In 1823, Macintosh patented a method for making waterproof garments by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha for cementing two pieces of cloth together.
		When vulcanized rubber was invented in 1839, Macintosh's fabrics improved since the new rubber could withstand temperature changes.
	www.askandyaboutclothes.com /Teasers/Teasers/RaincoatsTypesof.htm (590 words)

	Charles Macintosh - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Macintosh, Charles (1766-1843), British inventor and chemist, born in Glasgow, Scotland.
		Numbered rulers named Charles are entered below by their countries, in alphabetical order, and by regnal numbers.
		Charles (of Württemberg), full German name Karl Friedrich Alexander (1823-91), king of Württemberg (1864-91).
	encarta.msn.com /Charles_Macintosh.html (122 words)

	Charles Macintosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the architect and artist, see Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
		Charles Macintosh (December 29, 1766–July 25, 1843) was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics.
		Macintosh was born in Glasgow, where he was first employed as a clerk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Macintosh (191 words)

	Charles Macintosh (www.whonamedit.com)
		Charles Macintosh, industrial chemist and entrepreneur, began his business career by trading white lead, a constituent of paint, with the Netherlands.
		Working in association with Professor Thomas Thomson (1773-1852) of Glasgow University, Macintosh was seeking an outlet for the waste products from the new coal gas industry, and saw that coal tar naphtha formed an excellent solvent.
		For a period Macintosh was in partnership with Hugh Birley (1778-1845), a cotton manufacturer from Manchester and in 1921 began cooperating with Thomas Hancock, an English inventor who founded the British rubber industry.
	www.whonamedit.com /doctor.cfm/2089.html (432 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
		With their macintoshes and umbrellas, the people of Scotland are well equipped to handle the rigors of their notorious climate.
		Though not too many know of the life of Charles MacKenzie, of Poprtmore, Peebles, it should be known that, as an Anglican priest in Natal, he offended the mainly-English settlers by sharing his bishop's desire that native Christians be allowed to share fully in all Church activities with white Christians.
		During the reign of Charles II, George MacKenzie, as king's advocate, conducted his prosecution of the Covenanters for their refusal to conform to the established church with such zeal that he became known as "Bloody MacKenzie." In his favor, however, he founded the Advocate's Library, Edinburgh, now the National Library of Scotland.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/m2.html (2204 words)

	Macintosh - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		The Macintosh user interface was notable for popularising the graphical user interface, with its easy to learn and easy to use desktop metaphor.
		The first Macintosh, introduced in January 1984, had a Motorola 68000 CPU, 128K of RAM, a small monochrome screen, and one built-in floppy disk drive with an external slot for one more, two serial ports and a four-voice sound generator.
		The standard Macintosh screen resolution is 72 dpi (making one point = one pixel), exactly half the 144 dpi resolution of the ancient Apple Imagewriter dot matrix printer.
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/Macintosh (614 words)

	Charles Macintosh Inventor
		He joined two sheets of fabric together with this solution, allowed them to dry, and discovered that the new material could not be penetrated by water - the first rainproof cloth!
		Macintosh founded his own waterproofing company in Glasgow in 1834 - mainly because to the opposition he faced from tailors, who wanted nothing to do with his new cloth - but moved to Manchester in 1840 to exploit the material further.
		He invented a revolutionary bleaching powder (along with Charles Tennant), devised a way of using carbon gases to convert malleable iron to steel by a short-cut method, and worked out a hot-blast process with James Neilson to produce high quality cast iron.
	members.tripod.com /a2fister2000/id64.htm (250 words)

	History of the Mackintosh/MacIntosh Clan
		During the retreat in 1746, Prince Charles was received by Lady Mackintosh at Moy and the Prince's bed is still to be seen in Moy Hall today.
		invented a fabric waterproofing process in 1823 which became the Macintosh raincoat.
		MacIntosh was the 68th most frequent surname at the General Register Office
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclanmacintosh.htm (438 words)

	Charles Rennie Mackintosh Collection - Furniture
		Our craftsman has access to most of original Charles Rennie Mackintosh drawings and original furniture and is able to produce any piece to a very high standard.
		This hand crafted oak chair was designed for Mr & Mrs Blackie for their Hill House in Helensburgh in 1905 and recreated by Sculptart using accurate templates and drawings taken from the original pieces.
		Charles Rennie Mackintosh design from the bedroom at the Hous'Hill (1904).
	www.sculptart.com /crm.htm (736 words)

	Charles Macintosh
		the son of George Macintosh, was born in Glasgow in 1768.
		It was later claimed that Macintosh was the main person responsible for this development.
		In the 1820s Macintosh went into partnership with Hugh Birley, a cotton manufacturer from Manchester.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SCmacintosh.htm (139 words)

	California Gardens - David Austin Roses - Charles Rennie MacIntosh
		Charles Rennie Mackintosh is one of the most floriferous pink roses in our garden.
		By reputation Charles Rennie Mackintosh has problems with mildew, though I have not seen that here in our inland valley location.
		The parents of Charles Rene Mackintosh include Mary Rose and a cross between Chaucer and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.
	www.californiagardens.com /Plant_Pages/Roses/charles.htm (99 words)

	History of Horticulture - Macintosh, Charles 1794-1864
		harles MacIntosh was Curator of the Gardens of the King of the Belgians.
		The latter book was one of the most noteworthy manuals of the middle of the 19th Century.
		Additional information about Charles Macintosh may be found on the Internet.
	www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /history/history/087.html (50 words)

	Charles James Macintosh 1862
		Charles was born on 4 September 1862, the son of Alexander Macintosh and Ann Hemington, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
		He died in 1902 at the young age of 39.
		Annie was born about 1862, the daughter of Charles E. and Harriet H. Gray, in Cambridge.
	members.cox.net /ghgraham/charlesmacintosh1862.html (150 words)

	Haverford College Athletics: Chaddock, Scott Win MacIntosh Award
		It's a tennis player and a runner for the 2003 Archibald MacIntosh Award, presented to the sophomores who during their first year on campus (2002-03) emerged as the top scholar-athletes in their class.
		Mac's son, Charles MacIntosh, and his wife, Betsy, are fixtures at the annual dinner, representing Charley's late father.
		Laura Chaddock, a graduate of Radnor High School only a few miles west of Haverford College on Lancaster Avenue, moved quickly to the forefront in HC women's tennis, occupying the #2 singles spot for part of the season and compiling a 10-11 record playing most matches against older, more experienced players.
	www.haverford.edu /athletics/macintosh0304.htm (375 words)

	Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Great Buildings Online
		Charles Mackintosh was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1868.
		In 1884 he began an apprenticeship with John Hutchinson and began attending evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art.
		We appreciate your suggestions for links about Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh.html (384 words)

	Charles Rennie MacIntosh New Hill House - Blue - The Scottish Store
		Inspired by the works of Charles Rennie Macintosh.This window decoration is hand-painted & m Retailer of Scottish/Celtic gifts and bagpipe supplies.
		Inspired by the works of Charles Rennie Macintosh.This window decoration is hand-painted & made in the borders of Scotland & Cumbria.
		It is framed with traditional, quality lead and hung with trace chain which has been aged to match the color of the lead.
	www.thescottishstore.com /9/551.htm (110 words)

	Charles Rennie Macintosh Cross Stitch Kits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bell Pull in the style of Charles Rennie MacKintoch supplied as a chart only for stitching as Tapestry or Cross Stitch.
		Styled in tribute to the designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
		This design is based on a leaded glass panel shown in The Rose Boudoir Exhibition in Italy 1902.
	www.roslinglen.co.uk /catalogue/macintosh (125 words)

	Recycling Tires: The nature of rubber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1819, a Scottish industrialist with an interest in chemistry, Charles MacIntosh, used a mix of rubber and a solvent to glue two sheets of fabric together to create a rainproof cloth.
		Years later, Charles Goodyear would learn the hard way that Hancock wasn't the sort of guy to trust with company secrets.
		It was at the scene of one such corporate calamity that Charles Goodyear, a bankrupt hardware merchant from Philadelphia, was inspired to dedicate his career to making rubber stand up to the elements.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /recycling/awareness/facts/tires/rubberis.htm (387 words)

	Armin Grewe's Charles Rennie Mackintosh pages
		Pictures of the two schools Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed: Martyrs Public School and Scotland Street School in Glasgow.
		It is now home of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society.
		Probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh's best known architectural works, the School of Art in Glasgow was built 1897-1899 and 1907-1909
	www.armin-grewe.com /crm/crm.htm (474 words)

	Jeffus Site - Macintosh Computers
		Although not as widely in use as IBM Compatible computers (PC's), they are on the cutting edge of the market, providing a fast, stable platform.
		The only downside to the Macintosh is that there is not as large a body of software available for it, since it is not as widely used.
		The latest Macintosh, the Power Mac G4, is being touted as a supercomputer, due to its incredible sustained processing speed of over one gigaflop.
	www.jeffus.net /macintosh.html (366 words)

	Charles Kelly's Macintosh Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Charles Kelly's MacinTalk Songs (Obsolete with MacOS X)
		Charles Kelly's Hypercard Stacks (Obsolete with Intel Macs)
		Fully-functioning, freeware Hypercard stacks for Macintosh computers that you can download.
	www.manythings.org /mac (319 words)

	Sterling Silver Charles Renni Macintosh Earrings (Israel) : World Jewelry from Overstock.com
		Enhance your look with the unique, handcrafted style of our sterling silver Charles Renni Macintosh earrings.
		These stunning earrings were designed in honor of the centennial of Scottish designer Charles Renni Macintosh (1868-1928) an architect, designer and artist who is celebrated around the world today as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the period which spans from the mid 1890s to the late 1920s.
		The Arts and Crafts movement he was a part of was joined on this side of the Atlantic by Frank Lloyd Wright and George Stickley.
	www.overstock.com /Worldstock/Sterling-Silver-Charles-Renni-Macintosh-Earrings-Israel/844160/product.html (326 words)

	Charles Poynton - Macintosh
		These notes describe how to configure and use a Macintosh to access the Internet through an Internet access provider that offers dialup PPP service.
		IBM Internet Connection (sometimes known in the USA and Canada as Advantis), is a large and comprehensive supplier of Internet access services.
		Access to IBM Global Network is only officially "supported" on Windows, OS/2 and AIX operating systems, but because the network operates with open, standard protocols, it is possible to gain access using a Macintosh through a SLIP connection.
	www.poynton.com /Poynton-mac.html (268 words)

	Overview of Charles Macintosh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He went on to develop new dyeing and bleaching techniques and entered a partnership with Charles Tennant (1768 - 1838).
		However Macintosh is best remembered for developing the fabric which would be used in the rain-coat which bears his name.
		This gave Macintosh a fabric with excellent water-proof properties.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst236.html (157 words)

	Applelinks - The Ultimate Macintosh Website
		QUAKE Wars to be waged on the Macintosh
		Onyx is a utility for maintenance, optimization, and personalization for Mac OS X. OnyX allows you to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure certain hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, Safari, Dashboard, Exposé, Disk Utility.
		Charles Moore Reviews Yep 1.6.2 PDF Document Manager Utility
	www.applelinks.com (1351 words)

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