25th July

The Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh died today in 1843. He invented a waterproof outer garment, the name of which is now completely forgotten.

In other news ...
Walter Brennan was born today in 1894. He was that toothless old hombre in a million B-feature westerns who wore silly outsize stetsons, was usually drunk and teamed up with the hero. He also used the noms-de-screen of Arthur Hunnicutt, Gabby Hayes and Trigger, Roy Roger's horse.