Florida Air Conditioning Inventor

John gorrie suspended basins of natural ice above the heads of fever patients to cool the air and alleviate discomfort.

Florida air conditioning inventor.

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. He made the ice maker and led the way to that remarkable creation called air conditioning. Gorrie represents florida with his statue placed in the national statuary hall in washington d. At the florida hospital where he works dr.

Modern air conditioning is born. Scroll through our interactive timeline above and read on to learn about some of the key milestones in air conditioning history. He was also a physician scientist inventor and humanitarian. The evils of high temperatures.

Convinced that cold was a healer he advocated the use of ice to cool sickrooms and reduce fever. Florida caught its first glimpse of modern air conditioning in the 1830s when dr. Get caught up on the stories you ve missed. 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.

Gorrie s invention began with an attempt to cure yellow fever during an outbreak in apalachicola in 1841. Gorrie invented the ice making machine and is considered the father of air conditioning and refrigeration. He patents the idea in 1851. Impoverished gorrie sought to raise money to manufacture his machine but the venture failed when his partner died.

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. What did gorrie do. John gorrie is considered the father of air conditioning and refrigeration. Several decades after faraday made his discovery with ammonia a florida physician named john gorrie developed a machine to keep yellow fever patients cool.

John gorrie of florida proposed the idea of cooling cities to relieve residents of the evils of high temperatures. In the 1840s physician and inventor dr.