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12 December 2008

Florida Factoid Friday

Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola
invented mechanical refrigeration in the mid-1800's.

Click the pic to read more about Dr. Gorrie and his work.

2 comments:

cedrorum said...

Thanks for posting this. I've often told my wife, especially after we moved to the southeast, that there should be a national holiday for the person who invented air conditioning. I never took the time to look up who that was.

SophieMae said...

cedrorum, I heartily agree! I do wonder how I managed to live to the age of 13 without AC. 8-}