Refrigeration in America

Oscar Edward Anderson

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Refrigeration in America

Oscar Edward Anderson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1953

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A comprehensive study of refrigeration from its beginnings in America up to 1950, which shows its relation to our national development, records the main trends in technological progress, describes the use of refrigeration, and gives some indication of its social effects.

Originally published in 1953.

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History Regional and National History North America United States of America

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Chapter I. The Beginnings of Refrigeration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter II. The Application of Natural-Ice Refrigeration to Problems of Food Supply, 1830-1860 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Chapter III. The Growing Need for Mechanical Refrigeration, 1860-1890 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter IV. The Invention of Mechanical Refrigeration, 1755- 1880 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter V. The Extension of Mechanical Refrigeration, 1860- 1890 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Chapter VI. Technical Progress, 1890-1917 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter VII. The Ice Industry and Domestic Refrigeration, 1890-1917 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter VIII. Refrigerated Transportation, 1890-1917 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Chapter IX. Cold Storage: Its Conflict with Public Opinion, 1890-1917 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter X. Refrigeration and the Production and Distribution of Food, 1890-1917 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Chapter XI. The Diverse Applications of Refrigeration, 1890-1918 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter XII. The Technical Advance of Refrigeration, 1917-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter XIII. Mechanical vs. Ice Refrigeration, 1917-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Chapter XIV. The Improvement of Refrigerated Transportation, 1917-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Chapter XV. Cold Storage: Improvement and Acceptance, 1917-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Chapter XVI. Food Production and Distribution, 1917-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
Chapter XVII. Frozen Foods: The Introduction of a New Technology, 1929-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Chapter XVIII. Rural Refrigeration: Locker Plants and Home Freezers, 1917-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Chapter XIX. The Expanding Use of Refrigeration, 1918-1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
Chapter XX. Prospect and Retrospect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
A Bibliographical Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

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December 8, 2015

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368

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Keywords for this book

Refrigeration; Frozen food; Refrigerator; Refrigerator car; Vegetable; Clarence Birdseye; Dry ice; Fruit Growers Express; Ice trade; Canning; Silica gel; Ford Model T; Ton of refrigeration; Cold Storage (supermarket); Dehumidifier; Supermarket; Railway air brake; Pasteurization; United States Department of Agriculture; Fresh Pond (Cambridge; Massachusetts); Cargo; Hepburn Act; Warehouse store; Frigidaire; Powdered milk; National Policy; Pacific Fruit Express; Defrosting; Foodstuffs; Comparative advantage; Postum; United States Food Administration; Armour and Company; Diphtheria; Frederic Tudor; Pabst Brewing Company; Blanching (cooking); Steam engine; International Harvester; International Institute of Refrigeration; JBS USA; FiReControl; Birds Eye; Meat industry; ICAN; Trichinosis; Tennessee Valley Authority; Carnegie Steel Company; Brewing; Evaporator (marine); Shortening; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Frozen vegetables; Temporary National Economic Committee; Lager; Pig iron; Factory ship; Fermentation; Cheddar cheese; Pound cake; Local board of health; Knockouts; Storage of wine; Pork; Ammonium nitrate; Anchor Line (riverboat company); Federal Trade Commission; Curtailment; Icebox; Creamery

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