Cool : how air conditioning changed everything /
Basile, Salvatore,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.
Introduction -- Ice, air, and crowd poison -- The wondrous comfort of ammonia -- For paper, not people -- Coolth: everybody's doing it -- Big ideas. Bold concepts. Bad timing -- From home front to each home -- The unnecessary, unhealthy luxury (that no one would give up) -- Conclusion.
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