The Refrigerator
It brings the cold to you!!
Refrigerator
●No salt needed!
●No need to smoke or dry your meats!
●No need to dry your fruit!
Oliver Evans
Born in delaware September 13, 1755 he died April 15, 1819.
In 1801 he turned his attention to steam power and built the first high pressure steam engine.
The Refrigerator
Also this type of refrideration is used for air conditioning in warehouses, frozen storage and refrigerated trucks.
The first fridge wasnt built by Oliver Evans it was built by his colleague Jacob Parkins.
Jacob Parkins
His collegue was Oliver Evans
He was a physicist and a mechanical engineer
Worked on steam power with Oliver Evans.
Timeline
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Feb 8 1748
First known artificial refrigerator
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Feb 8 1805
Oliver Evans designed the refrigeration machine
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Feb 8 1834
Jacob Perkins built the first refrigeration machine to be used for house hold purposes using a vapor compression cycle