Chapter I. The Beginnings of Refrigeration

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Illustrations xiii
5. Chapter I. The Beginnings of Refrigeration 1
6. Chapter II. The Application of Natural-Ice Refrigeration to Problems of Food Supply, 1830-1860 14
7. Chapter III. The Growing Need for Mechanical Refrigeration, 1860-1890 37
8. Chapter IV. The Invention of Mechanical Refrigeration, 1755- 1880 71
9. Chapter V. The Extension of Mechanical Refrigeration, 1860- 1890 86
10. Chapter VI. Technical Progress, 1890-1917 97
11. Chapter VII. The Ice Industry and Domestic Refrigeration, 1890-1917 103
12. Chapter VIII. Refrigerated Transportation, 1890-1917 120
13. Chapter IX. Cold Storage: Its Conflict with Public Opinion, 1890-1917 127
14. Chapter X. Refrigeration and the Production and Distribution of Food, 1890-1917 142
15. Chapter XI. The Diverse Applications of Refrigeration, 1890-1918 179
16. Chapter XII. The Technical Advance of Refrigeration, 1917-1950 189
17. Chapter XIII. Mechanical vs. Ice Refrigeration, 1917-1950 207
18. Chapter XIV. The Improvement of Refrigerated Transportation, 1917-1950 224
19. Chapter XV. Cold Storage: Improvement and Acceptance, 1917-1950 232
20. Chapter XVI. Food Production and Distribution, 1917-1950 244
21. Chapter XVII. Frozen Foods: The Introduction of a New Technology, 1929-1950 273
22. Chapter XVIII. Rural Refrigeration: Locker Plants and Home Freezers, 1917-1950 287
23. Chapter XIX. The Expanding Use of Refrigeration, 1918-1950 302
24. Chapter XX. Prospect and Retrospect 314
25. A Bibliographical Note 321
26. Index 327