20 CHILLING FACTS ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING!
FACTS ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING 1. The Ancient Egyptians had air conditioning. In Ancient Egypt, water-soaked reeds were hung on window sills. The wind evaporated the water on the reeds and made the air around them cooler. 2. The Romans did, too! In Ancient Rome, water from aqueducts was circulated through the walls of certain villas to keep them cool. 3. Ice was the way forward. Before air conditioners were developed to help keep life more comfortable in hot weather, people used big blocks of ice to keep cool. 4. Gorrie is credited as the AC master. John Gorrie is considered the father of refrigeration and air conditioning. As a Floridian doctor in 1842, he developed a machine that made ice to cool the air for his patients. He was granted a patent to create a similar machine for homes and buildings but died before he could create it. 5. It’s helped with smells and scents, too. In 1899, a ventilation system was installed in the dissecting room at Cornell Unive...