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