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Today in History
1823:
Charles Mackintosh began manufacturing waterproof coats. Mackintosh, born in Glasgow, was devoted to science for which he gave up his first job as a clerk. He began experimenting on the by-products of tar and discovered that one such by-product, Naphtha, made India rubber soluble.
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 A PIANIST and poet has donated the copyright of her song celebrating a unique Edinburgh attraction to the One o'Clock Gun Association. Dorothy Baxter, 85, from Edinburgh, wrote the One O'Clock Gun song to entertain pensioners at a singing club. It has been performed regularly in schools and at the Usher Hall. Previous Tollcross Articles Source: Evening News
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