Florida Air Conditioning Inventor

John gorrie builds an ice making machine that uses compression to make buckets of ice and then blows air over them.

Florida air conditioning inventor.

In 1820 english scientist and inventor michael faraday discovered that compressing and liquefying ammonia could chill air when the liquefied ammonia was allowed to evaporate. In 1835 patents for apparatus and means for producing ice and in cooling fluids had been granted in england and scotland to american born inventor jacob perkins who became known as the father of the refrigerator. In 1842 florida physician john gorrie used compressor technology to create ice which he used to cool air for his patients in his hospital in apalachicola florida. Modern air conditioning is born.

John gorrie of florida proposed the idea of cooling cities to relieve residents of the evils of high temperatures. John gorrie is considered the father of air conditioning and refrigeration. In the 1840s physician and inventor dr. Scroll through our interactive timeline above and read on to learn about some of the key milestones in air conditioning history.

The evils of high temperatures. Flickr scott wilson although gorrie passed away before finding the proper funding for his invention the historic city of apalachicola still honors him to this day with monuments and a museum. Florida caught its first glimpse of modern air conditioning in the 1830s when dr. He made the ice maker and led the way to that remarkable creation called air conditioning.

In the 1800s in the charming town of apalachicola florida a man named john gorrie invented the very first air conditioning machine. Gorrie represents florida with his statue placed in the national statuary hall in washington d. What did gorrie do. He patents the idea in 1851.

Convinced that cold was a healer he advocated the use of ice to cool sickrooms and reduce fever. John gorrie suspended basins of natural ice above the heads of fever patients to cool the air and alleviate discomfort. Several decades after faraday made his discovery with ammonia a florida physician named john gorrie developed a machine to keep yellow fever patients cool. He was also a physician scientist inventor and humanitarian.

Gorrie invented the ice making machine and is considered the father of air conditioning and refrigeration. Get caught up on the stories you ve missed.