Assertion: macintosh | /r/CapableOf | found his own waterproofing company
Facets:
value: in 1834
type: TEMPORAL
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
value: in glasgow
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: 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.