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First known artificial refrigerator
was demonstrated by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow – he didn’t use this discovery for any practical purposes. -
Oliver Evans designed the refrigeration machine
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Jacob Perkins built the first refrigeration machine to be used for house hold purposes using a vapor compression cycle
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An American physician John Gorrie built a refrigerator based on Evan’s design
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Refrigerators were a common appliance in most households.
People were using them in order to keep food for longer as well as cooling drinks. -
The household refrigerator was an essential piece of kitchen furniture
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5,000 mechanical refrigerators were manufactured in the U.S.
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5,000 turned into 1 million manufactured
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Nearly six million refrigerators were manufactured
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More than 80% of American farms and 90% of urban homes had a refrigerator