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Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (died 1950)
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Willis Carrier
American inventor (1876–1950)
Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning, inventing the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Air conditioning
Cooling of air in an enclosed space
Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature and, in some cases, controlling the humidity of internal air. Air conditioning can be achieved using a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)