Adventures in heat and cold : men and women who made your lives better /
by Bernard A. Nagengast ; with Randy Schrecengost.
Bok Engelsk Bernard Nagengast
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| Medvirkende | Schrecengost, Randy, (author.)
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| Utgitt | ASHRAE
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| Opplysninger | I took into account energy use in everything I designed, Carlyle Martin Ashley (1899-1993) -- A dumbbell that cooled wine, Reverend Marcel Antoine Audiffren (?-?) -- Selling lemonade to the Yankees and inventing ammonia refrigeration with the help of my wife, David Boyle (1837-1891) -- In the name of refrigeration and an iris, Madison Cooper (1868-1946) -- Let's call it "air conditioning", Stuart Warren Cramer (1868-1940) -- Engineering oddity, Helen Innis Donnelly (1892-1935) -- The smells have it, Pavel Ole Fanger (1934-2006) -- The Henry Ford of air conditioning, Henry Leopold Galson (1900-1963) -- Trying to cool the face of civilization, John Gorrie (1803-1855) -- A blacksmith apron to petticoats, Margaret Ingels (1892-1972) -- Move food with a cool truck!, Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961) -- High energy impact, Roderick Richard Kirkwood (1920-2010) -- Create a miracle, invent a nightmare, Robert Reed McNary (1903-1988) -- Eggs-plaining food preservation with refrigeration, Mary Engle Pennington (1892-1952) -- I need a fan!, Benjamin Franklin Sturtevant (1833-1980) -- Starved by refrigeration?, Charles Tellier (1828-1913) -- Freeze a whale, cool the World's Fair, Gardner Tufts Voorhees (1869-1837) -- Why doesn't the door have shelves?, Constance Lane West (1904-1981).. - "Tells the stories of 18 men and women whose pioneering innovations have had far-reaching influence, detailing their technical advances and sharing interesting aspects of the lives of these inventors who in many cases are relatively unknown and whose contributions are either unknown or forgotten"--
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| ISBN | 1-947192-43-4
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