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Everyone talks about the weather: Willis Carrier did something about it. (inventor of air conditioning)
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`Father of Air Conditioning' Everyone talks about the weather: Willis Carrier did something about it SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Seventy-five years ago, Willis Haviland Carrier did for indoor climate control what Alexander Graham Bell did for communication and Henry Ford did for transportation. He changed the way we live.
For centuries, man tried fans, ice, and other methods in vain attempts to gain relief from the heat. But in 1902, Willis Carrier -- a 25-year-old, Cornell U...
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Life (pant, pant) without (pant, pant) air conditioning? Heaven (pant, pant) forbid.
Engineered Systems
; We all love a sunny day, don't we? We just do not necessarily enjoy the accompanying heat and humidity, which usually trail along in the summer months. Thank goodness for air conditioning, right? Can you imagine life without air conditioning? My two teenage children cannot. It's June. School's out.
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1960s Consumers Wanted to Be Really Cool.(air conditioning industry history)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; OF THE NEWS STAFF It is tempting to look at air conditioning ... subscribers by Consumers Union, stated a News article from May 2, 1960. In reporting highlights ... buying? A 1960 market study released by U.S. News and World Report disclosed that of the 1 ...
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Glancing Back THE FOURTH ESTATE.(Predictions regarding air conditioning)(Brief Article)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; 1952 | BACK TO THE FUTURE In the August 18, 1952 News, there was a story on Time magazine's August 11 article celebrating air conditioning's 50th anniversary. As part of the article ...
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Air Conditioning's Chilling Effect
The Washington Post
; IT WAS an exhibition at the National Building Museum that made me realize there's something about air conditioning I love . . . but just don't trust. Like the technology it celebrates, the "Stay Cool! Air Conditioning America" show now at the museum is a thing so seductive and chilling -- in both
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Glancing Back.(1938 article on air conditioning installation)(Brief Article)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
; 1938 THE BURGEONING MARKET In an article appearing in the June 29, 1938 issue, Mac Smith, a Detroit merchandising counselor, wrote on the growing opportunities for contractors to install air conditioning equipment in small retail stores and restaurants. A survey of 1,366 recent air conditioning
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