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The First Air Conditioner Invented
In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York. After graduating from Cornell University, Carrier found a job at the Buffalo Forge Company. -
Stuart Cramer
he made it with the yarn easier to spin and less likely to break. He's the first to call this process "air conditioning." -
First to make air coditioner made for window
1931 H.H. Schultz and J.Q. Sherman invent an individual room air conditioner that sits on a window ledge—a design that's been ubiquitous in apartment buildings ever since. The units are available for purchase a year later and are only enjoyed by the people least likely to work up a sweat—the wealthy. (The large cooling systems cost between $10,000 and $50,000. That's equivalent to $120,000 to $600,000 today.) -
Packard invents first Car air conditioner
The Packard Motor Car Company was the first automobile manufacturer to offer an air conditioning unit into its cars, beginning in 1939.[2] These air conditioners were manufactured by Bishop and Babcock Co, of Cleveland Ohio. The "Bishop and Babcock Weather Conditioner" also incorporated a heater. -
First power plant for air conditioning
1942 The United States builds its first "summer peaking" power plant made to handle the growing electrical load of air conditioning. -
More than 1 million sold in 1953
1950s In the post-World War II economic boom, residential air conditioning becomes just another way to keep up with the Joneses. More than 1 million units are sold in 1953 alone. -
Andre 3000
003 In "Hey Ya," Andre 3000 raps, "What's cooler than being cool? Ice cold!" They aren't talking about air conditioning.
