Father of cool. (Fast Talk).(Willis Haviland Carrier designs first modern air-conditioning system 100 years ago)(Brief Article)

Buildings | July 1, 2002| | Copyright

One hundred years ago this month, July 17, 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. Unlike his fellow inventors -- Edison, Ford, or the Wright Brothers -- his remarkable accomplishment has never been fully recognized. Imagine today's world without indoor sports or summer blockbuster movies -- both of which are a mainstay of our culture, but which would have been impossible without the climate control air-conditioning provides. "The fact that we take [air-conditioning] for granted is, in a way, a measure of its success," says Jon Shaw, ...

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