by Jonathan Rees From the publisher: It may be responsible for a greater improvement in human diet and longevity than any other technology of the last two thousand years-but have […]
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Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America
by Jonathan Rees From the publisher: Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, […]
Before the Refrigerator: the history of supplying ice
by Jonathan Rees From the publisher: During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees […]
The history of the refrigerator
William C. Durant started the Frigidaire Company in 1918 to mass-produce refrigerators based on the invention of a self-contained refrigerator, with a compressor on the bottom of the cabinet. In […]
The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice
“In 1805, two wealthy brothers from Boston were at a family picnic, enjoying the rare luxuries of cold beverages and ice cream. They joked about how their chilled refreshments would […]