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001 2015023132
003 DLC
005 20150922082329.0
008 150611t20152015ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015023132
020 $a9780786476879 (softcover : acid-free paper)
020 $z9781476619699 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aTP492$b.G29 2015
082 00 $a621.5/6$223
100 1 $aGantz, Carroll,$d1931-$eauthor.
245 10 $aRefrigeration :$ba history /$cCarroll Gantz.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2015]
264 4 $c©2015
300 $ax, 267 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aNatural cooling and ice -- Mechanically manufactured ice -- Electricity and invention -- Early electric refrigerators -- Gas refrigeration and air conditioners -- The rise of fashion and the Depression -- The design decade -- Postwar refrigeration -- Regulation and climate change -- Epilogue : snow and ice redux.
520 $a"Humans coped with heat by harvesting ice and devising cooling systems that utilized ventilation and evaporation. By mid 1800s, they developed machines to manufacture ice. By early 1900s, engineers developed refrigerators, which by 1927 were affordable household appliances. Today refrigeration preserves food for worldwide distribution, makes tropical climates habitable, saves lives with medical applications and enables space flight"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aRefrigeration and refrigerating machinery$xHistory.