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re: The interesting origins of air conditioning
Posted on 6/9/23 at 4:39 pm to StringedInstruments
Posted on 6/9/23 at 4:39 pm to StringedInstruments
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Just think: there was a time when people lived in the Deep South without a/c OR fans. I have no idea how they ever slept or even survived.
Hard bark on em.
Now a young adult male can barely function if he forgets his cherry vape somewhere.
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Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:00 pm to Eli Goldfinger
quote:First visited that Museum in 1975.
John Gorrie is responsible for all AC and refrigeration systems.
Gorrie
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:05 pm to 777Tiger
That would be southwood
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:08 pm to VaeVictus
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can't sleep without a fan going. It's my white noise.
Same
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:08 pm to barry
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The units went on sale in 1932 at a considerable price (the equivalent of $120,000 to $600,000 in 2015)
Worth it.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:11 pm to jeffsdad
Yes sir
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:21 pm to 777Tiger
quote:
Southwood
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:23 pm to GreenRockTiger
don’t be disrespekkin the Cowboys now!
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:25 pm to 777Tiger
quote:never even heard of it - had to look it up
don’t be disrespekkin the Cowboys now!
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:27 pm to GreenRockTiger
was a great school back in the day, I don’t think I’d set foot on the campus anymore, gone totally ‘hood
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:30 pm to 777Tiger
quote:in Shreveport? Surely you jest!
gone totally ‘hood
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:33 pm to barry
I stayed in Pentagon without A/C for a year. It wasn’t too bad. Fans blowing every which way at might.
This post was edited on 6/9/23 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:35 pm to GreenRockTiger
just looked at the minority, financially disadvantaged numbers, it’s unbelievable what a shite hole that place and surrounding area has become, that’s progress I guess
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:37 pm to 777Tiger
quote:just like ‘progressive’ NOLA
that’s progress I guess
Posted on 6/9/23 at 6:00 pm to barry
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In 1901, American inventor Willis H. Carrier
The real MVP
Posted on 6/9/23 at 7:44 pm to barry
I work for one of the founding families of air conditioning. While Mr. Carrier did invent a/c and was obviously instrumental in the use in theaters and hotels, he was not the first to install it in residential homes. I work for that man...well, I work for his children.
Back in the 1950's, this man had become an engineer after WW2. He was living in the San Antonio area at the time. He began making small chillers out of the components on large chillers. He started installing these chillers with a blower on homes of wealthy individuals in the area. At the time, Lennox was in the boiler business and had heard about this man. They contacted him and asked him to come to work for them. He invented Lennox's first condenser. That's how Lennox got in the business. He eventually left them and opened his own equipment manufacturing company for which I'm the Director of Sales and Marketing today. Now you know the rest of the story.
Back in the 1950's, this man had become an engineer after WW2. He was living in the San Antonio area at the time. He began making small chillers out of the components on large chillers. He started installing these chillers with a blower on homes of wealthy individuals in the area. At the time, Lennox was in the boiler business and had heard about this man. They contacted him and asked him to come to work for them. He invented Lennox's first condenser. That's how Lennox got in the business. He eventually left them and opened his own equipment manufacturing company for which I'm the Director of Sales and Marketing today. Now you know the rest of the story.
This post was edited on 6/9/23 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 6/9/23 at 7:49 pm to GCTigahs
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My siblings who graduated in the 80’s did not have AC in their high school. Hard to believe these days.
Graduated in 1992 and my high school didn't have any AC.
They started installing it throughout the school a couple years later.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 8:40 pm to barry
quote:not really
And THAT is why you have the summer blockbuster because movie studios saved their best pictures for the summer when patrons would flock to escape the heat.
While movie theaters popularized "air cooling" as it was called, the summer blockbuster era didn't really start until Jaws in '75, then Star Wars solidified it 2 yrs later
Posted on 6/9/23 at 9:33 pm to GCTigahs
Those big, old attic fans could really move some air.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 9:51 pm to Honest Tune
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and at night with all fans blowing and windows open is peaceful…
If this was true you would still be doing it. Are you still doing it?
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