Refrigeration: A History

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For thousands of years, humans coped with heat by harvesting and storing natural ice and devising natural cooling systems that utilized ventilation and evaporation. By the mid 1800s, people began developing huge refrigeration machines to manufacture ice. By the early 1900s, engineers developed electric domestic refrigerators, which by 1927 were affordable convenient household appliances.

By then, an increasingly sophisticated public demanded more modern-looking appliances than engineers could produce, and a new breed of designers entered the manufacturing world to provide them. During the Depression, modern designs not only increased sales but resulted in the kitchen appliances we now use. Today refrigeration preserves perishable food for worldwide distribution, makes tropical climates habitable for millions, saves lives with medical applications and enables space flight.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ McFarland & Company
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 13, 2015
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786476877
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786476879
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.56 x 9 inches