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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. It was jointly invented in 1926 by Albert Einstein and his former student Leó Szilárd , who patented it in the U.S. on November 11, 1930 ( U.S. patent 1,781,541 ).
The original "refrigerator" was a household appliance that kept food cold using blocks of ice; now called the "icebox", these cabinets became popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. The first modern electrical refrigerator to see widespread use was the General Electric "Monitor-Top" refrigerator, introduced in 1927, and refrigerators became ...
The downward moving exterior is caused by colder air being displaced at the top of the thermal. Another convection-driven weather effect is the sea breeze. [17] [18] Stages of a thunderstorm's life. Warm air has a lower density than cool air, so warm air rises within cooler air, [19] similar to hot air balloons. [20]
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Tuesday, Jan. 7. For the latest updates on the California wildfires, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
The Kenneth Fire burned more than 1,050 acres (1.6 square miles) over three days in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. It was completely contained by Sunday morning. The cause of the fire remains ...
The Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire began on December 3, 1999, in a 93-year-old abandoned building at 266 Franklin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. [1] The fire was started accidentally some time between 4:30–5:45 pm by two homeless people (Thomas Levesque and Julie Ann Barnes) who were squatting in the building and had knocked over a candle.
A fire that broke out in the foothills near Eaton Canyon around 6:28 p.m. has quickly grown to 400 acres. Fast-moving Eaton fire explodes in Pasadena, Altadena: 'We're not playing around. This is ...
The company was purchased by Frank Gibson, a competing manufacturer of "ice refrigerators" in the early 1900s. It was the largest in its industry at the time. In 1931, the company began making electric refrigerators. [1] During the Second World War, Gibson manufactured 1,078 Waco CG-4 troop and cargo assault gliders under license.