What Happened 116 Years Ago on July 17th?
Richard Cartwright PE, CHMM, (IHMM, AHMP, APICS Fellow)
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Richard Cartwright PE, CHMM, (IHMM, AHMP, APICS Fellow)
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July 17, 1901: Willis Carrier, American inventor, installed commercial air conditioning system to provide man-made control over temperature, humidity, ventilation & air quality. He originally installed it to help maintain quality at a printing plant. Note: For the first two decades of the 20th Century, Carrier’s invention was used primarily to cool machines, not people.
Retired
7 年Carrier was a major industry in Syracuse for years, including funding the formidable Orange's Carrier Dome.
Industrial Hygienist at US Federal Government
7 年My parents had one of these back in 1964. It was a godsend, even if the living room was the only cool zone in the house.