| Willis Haviland Carrier | |
 Willis Carrier in 1915
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| Born | November 26, 1876 Angola, New York, U.S. |
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| Died | October 7, 1950 (aged 0) New York, USA |
| Occupation | engineer and inventor |
Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an engineer and inventor, and is known as the man who invented modern air conditioning. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Angola is a Village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2266 at the 2000 census New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means The term air conditioning refers to the cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for Thermal comfort.
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Early life and education
Carrier was born in Angola, New York, on the shore of Lake Erie, and inherited his mother's love for "tinkering", with clocks, sewing machines, and other household devices. Angola is a Village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2266 at the 2000 census New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally He loved mathematics, and studied it at every chance, when he wasn't inventing his own devices. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and
In 1895 he received a scholarship to Cornell University and graduated in 1901 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mechanical Engineering is an Engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis Design, Manufacturing Following college, he went to work for the Buffalo Forge Company, a company which manufactured heaters, blowers and air exhaust systems, in their heating engineering department designing heating systems to dry lumber and coffee.
Inventions
Carrier soon developed a better way to measure the capacity of heating systems and was named director of the company's experimental engineering department. At the age of 25, he devised his first important invention, a system to control heat and humidity for the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company in Brooklyn. The firm had been unable to print reliable colors at times because of the effects of heat and humidity on paper and ink. In 1906 Carrier received a patent for his method. He went on to work on other cooling.
Company formation
The Great Depression slowed the residential and light commercial use of air-conditioning. Willis Carrier's igloo in the 1939 World's Fair gave visitors a glimpse into the future of air conditioning, but before it could catch on, World War II began.
Carrier moved his company to Syracuse, New York in the 1930s, and the company became one of the largest employers in central New York. Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1930, he started Toyo Carrier and Samsung Applications in South Korea and Japan. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. South Korea is now the largest market for air conditioning in the world.
The company pioneered the design and manufacture of refrigeration machines to cool large spaces. By increasing industrial production in the summer months, air conditioning revolutionized American life. The introduction of residential air conditioning in the 1920s helped start the great migration to the Sunbelt. The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest (the geographic southern United States In 2000 the Carrier Corporation had sales of more than $8 billion and employed some 45,000 people. The Carrier Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of heating ventilating and air conditioning ( HVAC) systems and a global leader in the commercial
Personal life
Carrier and all three of his wives are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo New York was founded in 1849 It covers over 250 acres (1 km² and over 150000 are buried there including U Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. [1]
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References
- ^ Ingels, Margaret. 1952. Willis Haviland Carrier : father of air conditioning. Garden City: Country Life Press.
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