E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Anderson Refrigeration in America
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7877-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7877-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A 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.
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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
