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First ice box appeared
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Alfred Mellowes starts Guardian Frigerato and begins building first self-container refrigerator for home use.
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Edmund Copeland and Harry Edwards invented small refrigerators that use iso-butane as a fuel.
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Kelvinator, an early type of refrigerator, held 80%of the market for electric refrigerators at the time.
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General Electric Company puts on market the first hermetic compressor refrigerator.
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Heinz London invents the principle of the dilution refrigerator.
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Over 99.5% of American populations have refrigerators in their homes.