Willis Carrier: The American Engineer Who Created the First Modern Air Conditioner

By Alexander Hammond:

Air-conditioning provides us respite from the summer heat, increased work productivity when installed in factories and offices around the world, and saved millions of people from suffering heat-related deaths.

This week, our hero is Willis Haviland Carrier, the American engineer who created the first modern air conditioning unit. The invention provides us respite from the summer heat; enabled our species to inhabit previously inhospitable places; increased work productivity when installed in factories and offices around the world; and saved millions of people from suffering heat-related deaths.

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