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Charles Mackintosh is known for many having invented many chemical creations during his time. His most famous invention, Mackintosh Cloth, is used in piano covers and rain gear to this day. This article describes the background of the invention and the uses of it in modern times.
Charles Macintosh lived from 1766 to 1843 and was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics. The Mackintosh raincoat is named after him. Macintosh was born in Glasgow and at young age he was employed as a clerk in a general store. His passion, and how he spent his spare time, was devoted to his love of science, particularly chemistry. At the young age of 19 Charles resigned his job as a clerk to begin to work with the manufacturing of chemicals, which allowed him to directly involve his love of science. He was instantly and highly successful, inventing many new processes. His experiments with one of the by-products of tar called naptha led to his most famous invention of waterproof fabrics. This invention came about when he experimented with the cementing of two layers of India-rubber together. The India-rubber being made soluble by the chemical mixture of the naphtha. For his various chemical discoveries he was, in 1823, elected a fellow of the Royal Society
The fabric he developed for use in clothing had the ability to keep the harsh weather of his area in Scotland outside and then to keep the inner layer next to the skin warm and dry. The fabric was much better than traditional rain gear and was instantly approved by the people living in his time. Clothing began to embrace the concept and within 10 years his name was attached to most products associated with rain gear.
In the piano business we know Charles best as the inventor of the Mackintosh fabric used in many piano covers. The Mackintosh fabric comes in multiple colors and helps to make any piano cover bright and beautiful. I typically describe the fabric as being a lot like a blue jean material that is more tightly woven. The fabric is soft and warm on the outside and is lined with felt to protect the piano as the cover is removed and replaced throughout the course of a week.
The material is particularly well suited for piano covering because it is durable, attractive, relatively lightweight and easy to work with in the manufacturing process. The Mackintosh fabric used in piano covers is not completely waterproof, as the original products developed using the material Charles invented was, because one of the qualities of being waterproof is that the fabric would not breathe and would cause more harm than good for the piano. The material used by piano cover manufacturers is much like your favorite pair of blue jeans, only woven much tighter to allow it to be water resistant on the outside. Being water resistant does not mean that it is waterproof, you will have to quickly blot any spills that occur on your Mackintosh fabric. Failing to do in a timely manner can lead to stains.
If this is a large concern for you, you should consider covering it with a layer of coating such as camp-dry or scotchguarding. That will allow the fabric to become waterproof and stains would not form from spills that might occur during a party or from a pet. Mackintosh is the ideal fabric for a piano cover, all thanks to Charles Mackintosh.
Chuck R Stewart works to develop the best Piano Covers available in the market. For more information visit us at http://www.PianoCovers.com
We offer a piano cover for any standard piano as well as piano covers for both standard and custom-made pieces.
Table Lamps – Seeing Red!
It may have been the Chinese who invented porcelain over 1000 years ago, but it took those fashionable French to give us the names of the coloured glazes, still used as standards in the West today, to identify the major range of Chinese ceramic colours.
Some of these names will be familiar such as “Famille Jaune”, or, the yellow family of glazes in which yellow is the predominant colour, “Famille Noir”, or the black family of coloured glazes, “Famille Rose”, or the pink family of colours and “Famille Verte”, the green range of glazes.
One of the most popular of these monochromes, or, single coloured glazes is Sang de Boeuf as named by the French, or, literally, ox – blood. Most names for colours, as used in China, were derived from nature, in this case resembling the coagulation of ox–blood.
This colour range of red glazes was developed throughout long period of the Ch’ing dynasty (1644 – 1912), the basis of the colour derived from copper.
Sang de Boeuf is found in a broad range of reds, from pale, known as Peach Bloom and on to a palette of rich dark reds.
The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co currently has a collection of several large examples of Chinese Sang de Boeuf lamps ranging from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century.
This strong dark red colour works beautifully with interiors across classic and modern classic to traditional and being a single colour, is at home in any colour scheme.
Some of these lamps are mounted on elegant, French ormolu, in 18th century style, some on gold plated bronze stands and on custom turned, water gilded, maple wood stands.
The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique table lamp lighting with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique and vintage lamps on view.
Lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia.
You are invited to visit their web site at www.antiquelampshop.com
© The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co 2009
About the Author
Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery. From an early age he recalls picking up tea cups, looking for the mark on the base, discerning the maker.
Extending his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.
What would your dream house be like?
I like modern style homes. I'd like a movie theater in the basement. My bedroom would have antique Chinese funiture with red lanterns....
Well it would be self sustaining, have solar panels and such.
It would be in a wooded area near a big city, but still quiet.
I'd have a sunroom in a beachy kind of cape cod cottagey style (that's how my bedroom is now, haha)
Most of the house would be fairly modern. I'd like a couch where the cushions zip onto the back and bottom, sounds picky, but I hate when the bottom cushions slide forward and the back cushions go behind them.
I'd have a library somewhere on the middle floor so the books don't get all musty. I'd also like a "technology/entertainment" room. It would have the computers and all be linked together. Maybe a light show on the wall that interacted with the music. It should also have a projector and a couch for movie watching.
Somewhere in the basement I'd like a place to develop my own photos. It would have special walls/ceiling/floor so the chemicals can't effect the environment or anyone living in the house.
I don't know how it fits into the location, but I've always wanted to keep a few animals. I want a pygmy goat, some chickens and maybe a pig. If I had a big enough yard I could possibly raise them there.
In one room, there will be a wall to wall aquarium. I'll call in a guy to clean it every once in a while because I don't even like cleaning my 10 gallon.
Lastly, my home has to be filled with people I love (sounds corny, but true).
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