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2. Willis Carrier - Wikipedia

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   cleanse the air; After several more years of refinement and field testing, on January 2, 1906, Carrier was granted U.S. patent 808,897 for an Apparatus for Treating Air, the world's first spray-type air conditioning equipment. It was designed to humidify or dehumidify air, heating water for the first function and cooling it for the second.

3. John Gorrie - Wikipedia

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   John B. Gorrie (October 3, 1803 – June 29, 1855) was a Nevisian-born American physician and scientist, credited as the inventor of mechanical refrigeration. [1] [2]Born on the Island of Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies to Scottish parents on October 3, 1803, he spent his childhood in South Carolina.

4. Gust Goettl - Wikipedia

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   Goettl worked throughout his life in the HVAC community. With his brother, Adam, they founded Phoenix-based Goettl Air Conditioning on February 14, 1939. [2] During World War II, the Goettl brothers shifted their focus to manufacturing operations, contributing to the war effort and highlighting the potential value of cooling technology.

5. Air conditioning - Wikipedia

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   The efficiency of air conditioners is often rated by the seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER), which is defined by the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute in its 2008 standard AHRI 210/240, Performance Rating of Unitary Air-Conditioning and Air-Source Heat Pump Equipment. [61]

6. Trane - Wikipedia

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   Trane's first air conditioning unit was developed in 1931. In 1982, Trane purchased General Electric's Central Air Conditioning Division. [2] [3] With that purchase came many of the most recognizable traits of Trane's residential air conditioning products. Many of those traits, like the distinctive red "Climatuff" compressors, rotary ...

7. Samuel Cleland Davidson - Wikipedia

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   Inventor of air conditioning and founder of the Sirocco Engineering Works in Belfast Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson , KBE (18 November 1846 – 18 August 1921) was a British inventor and engineer. Through his career in the tea import business he invented and patented a number of industrial machines and developed the earliest air conditioning systems.

8. 5 ways people stayed cool before air conditioning was invented

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   However, before air conditioning existed, people had to be creative when trying to stay comfortable in sweltering conditions. Here are five different ways people across the United States beat the ...

9. Dave Lennox - Wikipedia

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   David Lennox (April 15, 1855 – February 15, 1947) was an American inventor and businessman. A furnace manufacturing business he founded in 1895 in Marshalltown, Iowa evolved into what is today known as Lennox International, a global corporation specializing in air conditioning, heating, and commercial refrigeration.