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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Thank you. It is "refreshing" to know I was wrong since I thought it was George Westinghouse
On the other hand, "Google" tells me:
"Who is the inventor of the modern refrigerator?
The American inventors Oliver Evans, Jacob Perkins, and John Gorrie are credited with developing the earliest versions of the modern refrigerator in the early 1800s. Later that century, the work of German engineer Carl von Linden allowed chemical refrigerant to be stored efficiently, paving the way for mass production of refrigerators."
So I guess we're 0 for 2  |
The ELECTRIC refrigerator (and I should've specified - for home use).
The first electric refrigerator for home use was invented by Fred Wolf. It was called the Domelre, a portmanteau of
DOMestic
ELectric
REfrigerator.
It was a commercial failure but did result in an innovation that hadn't been used in competitor models - the ice tray.
The History of the Refrigerator: Staying Cool Throughout the Ages
DOMELRE First Electric Refrigerator | ashrae.org
The history of the refrigerator — Sandvik Materials Technology