Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning!

Happy 110th Birthday, Air Conditioning

treehugger.com 17 Jul '12, 10pm

Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning!

Willis Carrier with his first chiller/Public Domain On July 17, 1902, a 26 year old Willis Haviland Carrier flipped the switch on the first modern air conditioner at the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company of Brooklyn, where humidity was causing problems with their paper stock. Carrier subsequently figured out the theory of everything for air conditioning, what Wikipedia says became known as ""Magna Carta of Psychrometrics." This document tied together the concepts of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and dew-point temperature, thus making it possible to design air-conditioning systems to precisely fit the requirements at hand." It took a while to get the bugs out, to develop more efficient centrifugal chillers, to replace ammonia with something less toxic, and to expose air conditioning to the general public, which ate it up. Rivoli Theater New York, v...

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@mylifeascweezy » 20 Jul '12, 1am
RT @auroraramir: "@ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]" thank goodness for that
@MrEronLamond » 19 Jul '12, 9pm
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@FBSIdaho » 19 Jul '12, 5pm
Last Tuesday was the 110th birthday of air-conditioning. We humbly bow to that inventor...a gentleman and a scholar. [link]
@YokoDaiyo » 18 Jul '12, 7pm
Interesante articulo [link]ーTodays story tweet by S.C. #science
@eric_andersen » 18 Jul '12, 6pm
"Carrier figured out the theory for air conditioning…became known as 'Magna Carta of Psychrometrics'" [link]
@Coganuts » 18 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @eric_andersen Did you know? Today is the 110th birthday of the air conditioner! [link] /via @ScienceChannel
@eric_andersen » 18 Jul '12, 6pm
Did you know? Today is the 110th birthday of the air conditioner! [link] /via @ScienceChannel
@MikeViso » 18 Jul '12, 1pm
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@AEmos48 » 18 Jul '12, 12pm
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@Yazarea » 18 Jul '12, 10am
[link] Back then, America was literally a melting pot! Lol
@i_Sagr » 18 Jul '12, 10am
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@i_Sagr » 18 Jul '12, 7am
RT @FahadAlhumayed: [link] في مثل هذا اليوم قبل ١١٠ سنوات تم اختراع المكيف
@GeneratingG » 18 Jul '12, 6am
Apparently air conditioning is celebrating its 110th birthday. [link]
@maria_tachibana » 18 Jul '12, 5am
海外で“エアコン”が発明為れて110周年ですって！QT @ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@JoeyColonPR » 18 Jul '12, 4am
RT @RobbyCortes: Sin este invento, estaríamos derretidos en Puerto Rico. El aire acondicionado cumplió 110 años! [link] (Via @ScienceChannel)
@RobbyCortes » 18 Jul '12, 4am
Sin este invento, estaríamos derretidos en Puerto Rico. El aire acondicionado cumplió 110 años! [link] (Via @ScienceChannel)
@Science_Bro » 18 Jul '12, 3am
“@ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]” Bro that's a cool 110 years!
@Marsia » 18 Jul '12, 2am
Los Angeles wouldn't have grown w/o it. RT @ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@Luv2bSly » 18 Jul '12, 2am
No argument from me, today!!! @ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@crownprince1 » 18 Jul '12, 1am
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@MDunham3D » 18 Jul '12, 12am
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@Bostonbookworm » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @HeartofTARDIS: *hugs her A/C unit* I'll even blow out all the candles! RT @ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@HeartofTARDIS » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
*hugs her A/C unit* I'll even blow out all the candles! RT @ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@MrVilla22 » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
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@chadwx » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
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@auroraramir » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
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@FahadAlhumayed » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
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@ducky3 » 17 Jul '12, 11pm
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@imavip » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
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@cjeversole316 » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Can I get an AMEN! RT “@ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]”
@MsMangler » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Love AC, especially during this hot summer => Happy Birthday to Air Conditioning!: [link] (via @ScienceChannel)
@knox_pete » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Oh AC, how we love you...especially today :) “@ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]”
@Newfoundlake » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Happy Birthday to Air Conditioning! It was invented 110 years ago today. [link]
@PiNLUX » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Happy 110th Birthday, Air Conditioning [link] How I miss you so....
@Star_Martin82 » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
“@ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]” It just kills me that Wikipedia was a fact source!
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@momdmbfan » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Thank you Mr. Carrier! RT @ScienceChannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@RRRPitwx » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
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@nicolepoitras » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Happy Birthday, indeed! RT @sciencechannel: Happy 110th Birthday to Air Conditioning! [link]
@Martylowe_ » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
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@mvshaw » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
Happy 110th birthday, air conditioning and thank you Willis Haviland Carrier - the greatest human being to ever live. [link]
@Haunt1013 » 17 Jul '12, 10pm
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