With the expected heat wave this weekend it seems only fitting to recognize the inventor of modern air conditioning.
"July 17, 2012 marks the 110th anniversary of the invention of modern air conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier, inventor and founder of the company that bears his name. To recognize this milestone, Carrier commissioned a 144-page, hardcover book, called Weathermakers to the World, which contains little-known vignettes about Dr. Carrier’s life and work, including the famous day, on July 17, 1902 in the midst of a steamy summer, when Willis Carrier, a young research engineer initialed a set of mechanical drawings designed to solve a humidity problem plaguing a printing plant. This design was so novel that the innovation would go on to change the world in ways even Carrier’s brilliant mind could not have imagined." (from www.Carrier.com)
You can read more about Willis Carrier's "cool invention" as well as more recent Carrier innovations at www.WillisCarrier.com.
Stay Cool!
