Who invented the refrigerator?

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Who invented the refrigerator?

Answer 1

The guy who invented the freezer :]

Answer 2

The first known artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow in 1748. However, he did not use his discovery for any practical purpose. In 1805, an American inventor, Oliver Evans, designed the first refrigeration machine. The first practical refrigerating machine was built by Jacob Perkins in 1834; it used ether in a vapor compression cycle. An American physician, John Gorrie, built a refrigerator based on Oliver Evans' design in 1844 to make ice to cool the air for his yellow fever patients. German engineer Carl von Linden, patented not a refrigerator but the process of liquifying gas in 1876 that is part of basic refrigeration technology

Answer 3

Various methods of refrigeration were invented along the way, but they weren't used in the home.  People were using "ice boxes" which literally had blocks of melted ice in an insulated cabinet.

"Marcel Audiffren of France championed the idea of a refrigerating machine for cooling and preserving foods at home. His U.S. patents, issued in 1895 and 1908, were purchased by the American Audiffren Refrigerating Machine Company. Machines based on Audiffren's sulfur dioxide process were manufactured by General Electric in Fort Wayne, Indiana and marketed by the Johns-Manville company. The first unit was sold in 1911. Audiffren machines were expensive, selling for about $1,000 — about twice as much as an automobile cost at the time."

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Answer 4

Oliver Evans

Answer 5

The earliest known refrigerator was invented by a chap called Oliver Evans. His model was later refined by a number of other guys and was first commercially produced by Electrolux.

Answer 6

Hubert Refrigerator he was sitting around in 1831 and said this beer would be great cold. Asked his wife to place it next to her cold heart but that did not work so he came up with the fridge as it is known today.