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  2. Ice trade - Wikipedia

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    Unreliable and expensive at first, plant ice began to successfully compete with natural ice in Australia and India during the 1850s and 1870s respectively, until, by the outbreak of World War I in 1914, more plant ice was being produced in the U.S. each year than naturally harvested ice. Despite a temporary increase in production in the U.S ...

  3. Icemaker - Wikipedia

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    They are the fastest and smallest icemakers on the market. The ice produced by a portable icemaker is bullet-shaped and has a cloudy, opaque appearance. The first batch of ice can be made within 10 minutes of turning the appliance on and adding water. The water is pumped into a small tube with metal pegs immersed in the water.

  4. Ice - Wikipedia

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    [67] [68] Primary ice forms first. Secondary ice forms below the primary ice in a direction parallel to the direction of the heat flow. Superimposed ice forms on top of the ice surface from rain or water which seeps up through cracks in the ice which often settles when loaded with snow.

  5. Ice cream - Wikipedia

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    In Europe and America, ice cream was made and sold by small businesses, mostly confectioners and caterers. Jacob Fussell of Baltimore, Maryland was the first to manufacture ice cream on a large scale. Fussell bought fresh dairy products from farmers in York County, Pennsylvania, and sold them in Baltimore.

  6. Nancy M. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Ice cream was originally made using very intensive labor and it often took one individual hours to make. Johnson had invented the hand cranked ice cream churn as a way to make ice cream faster and easier than by hand. [4] The patent number for the Artificial Freezer is US3254A. [5] It was patented on September 9, 1843, and antedated on July 29 ...

  7. James Harrison (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Because of the cost of importing ice from the United States and Norway for use in ice houses, Harrison's device became a financially viable alternative for the remote Victoria colony, and his first commercial ice-making machine followed in 1854, along with a patent for an ether refrigeration system granted in 1855. [6]

  8. Private spacecraft lands on moon - but may be on its side - AOL

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    Private company Intuitive Machines IS aiming to look for water ice on the Moon's surface. ... including a hopping robot designed to explore a nearby crater and the first lunar mobile ...

  9. Augustus Jackson - Wikipedia

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    He is credited as inventing a modern method of manufacturing ice cream and for new flavor development. [3] He is nicknamed “the Father of Ice Cream”, despite not inventing ice cream. [4] [5] Jackson served for twenty years as a chef at the White House in Washington, D.C., before opening his own catering and confection business. [6]