Refrigeration in America
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Refrigeration in America

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Refrigeration in America

About this book

A comprehensive study of refrigeration from its beginnings in America up to 1950, which shows its relation to our national development, records the main trends in technological progress, describes the use of refrigeration, and gives some indication of its social effects.

Originally published in 1953.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. I. The Beginnings of Refrigeration
  5. II. The Application of Natural-Ice Refrigeration to Problems of Food Supply, 1830-1860
  6. ΙII. The Growing Need for Mechanical Refrigeration, 1860-1890
  7. IV. The Invention of Mechanical Refrigeration, 1755- 1880
  8. V. The Extension of Mechanical Refrigeration, 1860- 1890
  9. VI. Technical Progress, 1890-1917
  10. VII. The Ice Industry and Domestic Refrigeration, 1890-1917
  11. VIII. Refrigerated Transportation, 1890-1917
  12. IX. Cold Storage: Its Conflict with Public Opinion, 1890-1917
  13. X. Refrigeration and the Production and Distribution of Food, 1890-1917
  14. XI. The Diverse Applications of Refrigeration, 1890- 1918
  15. XII. The Technical Advance of Refrigeration, 1917- 1950
  16. XIII. Mechanical vs. Ice Refrigeration, 1917-1950
  17. XIV. The Improvement of Refrigerated Transportation, 1917-1950
  18. XV. Cold Storage: Improvement and Acceptance, 1917-1950
  19. XVI. Food Production and Distribution, 1917-1950
  20. XVII. Frozen Foods: The Introduction of a New Technology, 1929-1950
  21. XVIII. Rural Refrigeration: Locker Plants and Home Freezers, 1917-1950
  22. XIX. The Expanding Use of Refrigeration, 1918-1950
  23. XX. Prospect and Retrospect
  24. A Bibliographical Note
  25. Index