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Refrigeration

Carroll Gantz · 2015

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"Humans coped with heat by harvesting ice and devising cooling systems that utilized ventilation and evaporation. By mid 1800s, they developed machines to manufacture ice. By early 1900s, engineers developed refrigerators, which by 1927 were affordable household appliances. Today refrigeration preserves food for worldwide distribution, makes tropical climates habitable, saves lives with medical applications and enables space flight"--

Book details

Year
2015
Language
English
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Editions
1
Pages
267
ISBN
9780786476879

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