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James Harrison: pioneering genius.

Author(s) : James Harrison Museum, LANG W. R.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

James Harrison (1816-1893) became an epochmaker in world refrigeration. His genius took him from Geelong in far away colonial Victoria, where he had conceived and built a refrigerator, to London's sophisticated steam engineering in 1856. In 1857, he gave industry its first successful large-scale commercial ice-making machines and by 1861, there were units bearing his name from Europe to Peru, and from Argentina to Australia. In 1892 he returned to Geelong, and experimented with solar salt evaporation rates, considering the possibilities of sodium carbonate manufacture. This updated publication includes more recent photos and artwork which were not available initially.

Details

  • Original title: James Harrison: pioneering genius.
  • Record ID : 2004-3098
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: Imag digital media - Australia/Australia
  • Publication date: 2003
  • ISBN: 0958042705
  • Source: Source: ed. 2; 141 p. (19 x 24); fig.; phot.; ref.; index; append.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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