History of Air Conditioning

By nburgess6041

  • Giant "Refrigerator" Saves President Garfield

  • First Electric Power Plant Opens

  • First Air Conditioner Built

  • "Apparatus of Treating Air" is Patented

  • First Air Conditioner Installed in a Home

  • First Air Conditioned Movie Theater Opens

  • Air Conditioner in The House of Reps' Chamber

  • The Senate Becomes Air Conditioned

  • White House Becomes Air Conditioned

  • Department of Commerce Gets Air Conditioning

  • Air Conditioning in Executive Office Building

  • W-NY Railroad Dinner Cars are Air Conditioned

  • First Car With "Factory Air"

  • Thirty Thousand Room ACs Produced This Year

  • Sales Exceed One Million Units

  • The A.R.I. is Formed

  • First Rotary Compressor Introduced

    Makes units smaller, quieter, weigh less, and more efficient.

  • First Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon in space suits with life support and cooling systems

  • CFC's Banned by the United Nations

  • CFC Production Ends in the United States

  • 6.75 Million ACs have been Shipped

  • ARI's 50th Year

  • Bibliography

    “Timeline of Air Conditioning.” Timeline of Air Conditioning, Keep It Cool, 22 Jan. 2005, www.keepitcool.com/timeline.htm. “Willis Carrier.” Willis Carrier, US Technologies Corporation, 2017, www.williscarrier.com/. Carrier, Willis H. “Apparatus for Treating Air.” Air Conditioning Patents and Inventions, Buffalo Forge Company, 2006, www.patent-invent.com/patents/air_conditioning_patent.html.
  • Bibliography 2

    Bibliography 2

    Penrod, E. B. “CONTINUOUS AIR CONDITIONING WITH THE HEAT PUMP.” American Scientist, vol. 35, no. 4, 1 Oct. 1947, pp. 1–16., www.descoenergy.com.