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  2. Ferdinand Carré - Wikipedia

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    In 1850, Ferdinand's brother Edmond Carré (22 January 1833 – 7 May 1894) developed the first absorption refrigerator, using water and sulphuric acid. [2] Ferdinand continued Edmond's work on the process and in 1858 developed a machine which used water as the absorbent and ammonia as refrigerant . [ 3 ]

  3. Refrigerator - Wikipedia

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    The first cooling systems for food involved ice. [6] Artificial refrigeration began in the mid-1750s, and developed in the early 1800s. [7] In 1834, the first working vapor-compression refrigeration system, using the same technology seen in air conditioners, was built. [8] The first commercial ice-making machine was invented in 1854. [9]

  4. Frigidaire - Wikipedia

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    The brand was so well known in the refrigeration field in the early-to-mid-1900s, that many Americans called any refrigerator a Frigidaire regardless of brand. [6] In France, Canada, and some other French-speaking countries or areas, the word Frigidaire is often in use as a synonym today, and in transcribed form in Serbo-Croatian also ...

  5. Carl von Linde - Wikipedia

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    Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde (11 June 1842 – 16 November 1934) was a German scientist, engineer, and businessman. He discovered the refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes, which led to the first reliable and efficient compressed-ammonia refrigerator in 1876.

  6. Electrolux - Wikipedia

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    1919: The Lux vacuum is the first product Electrolux sells. 1925: D, Electrolux's first refrigerator, is an absorption model. [9] 1937: Electrolux model 30 vacuum is unveiled. 1940: Assistent (Swedish for assistant), the company's only wartime consumer product, [10] is a mixer [29] /food processor. [30]

  7. Icebox - Wikipedia

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    An icebox (also called a cold closet) is a compact non-mechanical refrigerator which was a common early-twentieth-century kitchen appliance before the development of safely powered refrigeration devices. Before the development of electric refrigerators, iceboxes were referred to by the public as "refrigerators".

  8. Atlant (appliance company) - Wikipedia

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    The Minsk Refrigerator Plant produced its first built-in refrigerators, the XM 4007, and a Class A energy efficiency model which reduced energy consumption up to 30%. 2009 saw the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Minsk Refrigerator Plant; in the same year, the plant launched a refrigerator line using equipment from the German company ...

  9. Baltzar von Platen (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    He first studied mathematics, physics, and astronomy at Lund University. [2] Together with inventor and entrepreneur Carl Munters (1897–1989), he was the inventor of the gas absorption refrigerator in 1922 while they were both Swedish engineering students at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The Platen-Munters design ...