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Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C or air con, is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature and, in some cases, controlling the hum
An array of air conditioner condenser units outside a commercial office building
The István Röck factory exhibits a small home refrigerator, an air cooling device for large rooms, and a large industrial refrigerator (in the background) at the 1896 National Millennium Exhibition in Budapest
Willis Carrier, who is credited with building the first modern electrical air conditioning unit
The infrared transmitting LED on the remote
Willis Carrier
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Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning by inventing the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporat
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…dehumidified the air by condensing moisture on the cold surfaces. Electricity made the development of effective units possible. In 1901, American inventor Willis H. Carrier built what is considered the first modern electrical air conditioning unit. In 1902, he installed his first air-conditioning system in the Sackett-Wilhelms…
Engineers Hand-book, edited by Carrier while at the Buffalo Forge Co. in 1914