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1 posted on 07/21/2006 7:15:07 AM PDT by Ed Hudgins
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To: Ed Hudgins

Cool.


2 posted on 07/21/2006 7:18:55 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Ed Hudgins

That's a cool story!


3 posted on 07/21/2006 7:19:45 AM PDT by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: Ed Hudgins

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorrie


4 posted on 07/21/2006 7:20:02 AM PDT by Crawdad (So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
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To: Ed Hudgins

...kewl...


5 posted on 07/21/2006 7:21:08 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (dust off the big guns.)
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To: Ed Hudgins

I suspected someone by the name of Carrier started air conditioning but didn't know the story. Thanks for posting it. I'll show this to my daughter.


6 posted on 07/21/2006 7:21:34 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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To: Ed Hudgins

Greatest Invention ever.


7 posted on 07/21/2006 7:22:43 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Ed Hudgins

Weren't the first AC units ammonia based?.......


8 posted on 07/21/2006 7:22:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: Ed Hudgins
when we actually run out of oil

I reject the premise as mere speculation.

9 posted on 07/21/2006 7:23:33 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (dust off the big guns.)
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To: Ed Hudgins

Oh yeah!


10 posted on 07/21/2006 7:23:38 AM PDT by Graymatter ("Put only Americans on guard tonight." -- George Washington)
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To: Ed Hudgins
Excellent post, thanks. He is my new hero in this 105 degree weather we are having.

However, we went with a Trane.......

11 posted on 07/21/2006 7:24:14 AM PDT by yellowdoghunter (Vote out the RINO's; volunteer to help get Conservative Republicans elected!)
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To: Ed Hudgins

Thank God for Mr. Carrier! Where would we be without him?


12 posted on 07/21/2006 7:24:28 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: Ed Hudgins

If Willis Haviland Carrier is not a candidate for sainthood, he ought to be. Thanks to him, I can inhabit my beloved home state. As a child we had no AC, and I can tell your from that experience that without his invention to filter, cool and dehumidify the air in our homes, life Texas for asthmatics and allergy sufferers is extremely difficult during the summer months.


14 posted on 07/21/2006 7:26:46 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Ed Hudgins

What makes air conditioning so important is the fact that it made it possible to dramatically grow cities in the warmer climates of the southern half of the continental USA. Places like Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ and Orlando, FL could never have grown without widespread availability of air conditioning.


16 posted on 07/21/2006 7:27:50 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: Ed Hudgins

An air what?

17 posted on 07/21/2006 7:30:24 AM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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To: Ed Hudgins

I drive by the Carrier facility outside of Syracuse regularly. Sad to see that much of that is now in Mexico and China.


19 posted on 07/21/2006 7:32:20 AM PDT by printhead
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To: Ed Hudgins
Very interesting article. As a person with a family history in the printing business of old, it holds special significance.

I too celebrate the wonders of human achievement!

PTL for air conditioning, the car and biologics research.
20 posted on 07/21/2006 7:33:41 AM PDT by HonestConservative ((It's SNOWING!))
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There will be no "Sun Belt" without Carrier, period.


22 posted on 07/21/2006 7:39:01 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: Ed Hudgins

Most interesting, like the story of the inventor of the first moldable plastic, Leo Baekland.


26 posted on 07/21/2006 7:55:41 AM PDT by RoadTest (Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: in God is our trust.)
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To: Ed Hudgins
The portable, in-window air conditioner was invented in 1945 by Robert Sherman. His patent was stolen and Sherman never received a dime or any official recognition.
39 posted on 07/21/2006 10:24:38 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: Ed Hudgins; All
In the "sorta for what it's worth" department, there is a new, drop-in replacement for automotive air conditioner refrigerants, called hc-12a. It's hydrocarbon-based, so it doesn't fall afoul of the draconian regulations for CFC ( freon ), and they make claims ( backed, of course, by their own charts ) of lower temperatures, lower head pressure ( less horsepower & wear ), self-lubricating, etc.

Well, long story short, I tried it in the Zook, and it reads about 5 degrees colder versus the R-134a it replaced.

Here's one ( there are several, search ) supplier:
http://www.foxtoolsupply.com/HC-12a.htm

For your consideration.
41 posted on 07/21/2006 11:54:09 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
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