William Cullen
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William Cullen was a Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist from Hamilton, Scotland, who also served as a professor at the Edinburgh Medical School. Cullen was a central figure in the Scottis
Portrait by David Martin, 1776
Cameo of William Cullen (close-up), Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Burial sepulchre of William and Robert Cullen in Kirknewton
Refrigeration
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Refrigeration is the artificial cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient temperature. Early refrigeration uses consumable coolants such as ic
William Cullen
…of Edinburgh in place of Prof Andrew Plummer. It was in Edinburgh, in 1756, that he gave the first documented public demonstration of artificial refrigeration. In 1748, an account had been published in The Edinburgh Physical and Literary Essays of an experiment in which Cullen used an air pump to create a…
Commercial refrigeration
Ice harvesting in Massachusetts, 1852, showing the railroad line in the background, used to transport the ice.
William Cullen, the first to conduct experiments into artificial refrigeration.
Ferdinand Carré's ice-making device