ENGLISH

Refrigeration: a history

By Gantz , Carroll

Book information

Publisher
McFarland & Company Inc;Publishers
Year
2015
ISBN
9781476619699, 9780786476879, 0786476877
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8659536 bytes)
Pages
x, 267 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Kältemaschine;Kühlschrank;Kühlung

Description

"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"...

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