Air Conditioner Timeline

History of Air Conditioner

Period: Jan 30, 1800 to Sep 17, 2012

First Attempt of making an Air Conditioner

Sep 6, 1803

First Attempt of making an Air Conditioner went pretty well for the time. It was attempted by Dr John Gorrie

First Successful Air Conditioner

Sep 17, 1830

In the 1830 the first succesful air conditioner was made and it basically was a machine which blew ice in hot hospital rooms

Updated Air Conditioner

Sep 17, 1881

In 1881, when President James Garfield was dying, engineers formed a box shaped object which had clothes soaked in cold ice water and a fan blew the heat over to cool people down. This device was able to make a room 20 degrees (farienheight) lower than the room originally was

A close ancestor to the modern air conditioner

Apr 4, 1902

Willis Carrier made a machine to reduce the humidity and air temperature by about 55%

The first air-conditioned home

Jun 24, 1914

In 1914 the more modern air conditioners (which could be used at home) were being made by Charles Gates, however at that time they were very expensive, big/bulky and very dangerous machines (since toxic materials were used to produce cooling)

Smaller Sizes

Sep 17, 1922

A breakthrough happened in 1922 when Carrier designed a way to make the air conditioners smaller sized

Use of air conditioners in offices and theatres

Sep 17, 1925

In 1925 air conditioners were being used in offices, movie/ broadway theare, department stores and railroad cars.

Air Conditioners in the United States

Mar 24, 1928

By 1928 air conditioners were being used in the White House, The United States House of Representative and the Supreme Court.

After World War II

May 13, 1953

In 1953, after world war II, air conditioners were being used very frequently and used everywhere,Window units had started to be sold too.

Modern Day Air Conditioners

Sep 17, 2012

The modern day air conditioners are used to cool down homes during heat waves and to live in a confortable environment.