refridgeration

  • Bad weather leading to use of mechanical refrigeration

    bad weather left to shortages of natural ice.
  • ice box

    ice box
    In the beginning of the 19th century, ice boxes were used in England
  • General electric company

    This company unveiled a unit
  • "guardian" refrigerator

    frigidaire, assembled in fort wayne
  • new refigerators invented

    number of refrigerators invented has increased to over 200
  • freezers

    in 1920 the first freezer was introduced
  • energy efficient

    refrigerators conserving more energy
  • most used appliance

    found in more than99.5% of American homes.