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It was there that the region's King, Zimri-lim, began the construction of an elaborate ice house fitted with a sophisticated drainage system and shallow pools to freeze water in the night. [3] Using ice for cooling and preservation was not new at that time; the ice house was an introductory model for the modern icebox. [ 4 ]
However, in the Indian subcontinent, ghara, matka and surahi, all of which are different types of clay water pots, are in everyday use to cool water. [4] In Spain, botijos are popular. A botijo is a porous clay container used to keep and to cool water; they have been in use for centuries and are still in relatively widespread use.
A curb box (also known as a valve box, buffalo box, b-box, or in British English stopcock chamber) is a vertical cast iron sleeve, accessible from the public way, housing the shut-off valve (curb cock or curb stop) for a property's water service line.
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Einstein's and Szilárd's patent application Annotated patent drawing. The Einstein–Szilard or Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.
Kelvinator began buying Leonard's boxes for its electric refrigerated models. By 1923, the Kelvinator Company held 80% of the American market for electric refrigerators. [2] On July 3, 1925, Kelvinator bought Nizer Corporation in a tri-party merger valued at $20 million. [5] In 1926, the company acquired Leonard, which had been founded in 1881.
The Federal Reserve announced another cut to its benchmark interest rates yesterday, dropping the Fed rate by 25 basis points to a range of 4.25% to 4.50% — the third consecutive time it's ...
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been released from Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Samaritano Barra da Tijuca after spending the night under observation, the hospital said.