Cool Evolution: How Did We Go From Iceboxes to Smart Refrigerators?
The aim of refrigeration is to produce low temperatures, and people have been trying to lower temperatures for millennia. Ancient Egyptians, for example, dipped reed mats in water they’d cooled overnight on their roofs and hung them in their home’s fenestrations. Rich people in ancient Rome pumped cold water from aqueducts into tubes behind their […]
