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Science...IN THE HOME! In the 1930s, home air conditioning was still a bit of a fantasy -- refrigerators were still relatively new, with the use of safe Freon being barely a decade old[1]. But -- to control the bed, air conditioning, and the windows without leaving bed? That's so forward thinking that it took another 50 years before the lard-asses of today could be so lazy. The article even points out the laziness in the first line -- sitting around and doing nothing wasn't seen as an asset until the automation-crazed fifties. The bulk of the article promotes the wave of the future -- home air conditioning.
Mostly a straight article, they, of course, have to throw in a far-fetched gadget in the middle. That central image, with the hot and cool water? From the image, it's difficult to tell how it works. Is it just moving air over the heated or cooled pipes, or is that 'water spray' the key? If it's just the pipes, they're taking or giving heat to water from someplace else...that water heater is going to work double-time, or the house is going to get lukewarm tapwater. If it's the spray -- well, that's a bit more of a problem. Heat with a spray of hot water? Leave the shower on all day long. Cool with a spray of water? Well, swamp-coolers already work that way, but they're most effective in dry climates where the humidity will be controlled by the environment. Prepare for damp living; hope the mold doesn't get you. At the very least, the spray does touch outside air, since it claims to be an air-cleaner, so dampness is a given no matter how it works.
As far as air conditioners go, you can see why the 'residential air conditioning plant' shown is nearly the same as what kept my home frigidly cool this summer. They still had a way to go when it comes to window-air-conditioners.
No, it's not that one. That's just a window-mounted fan.
Look again at the lowest-left-hand photo -- that piano-looking thing? Yup, that's the window-mounted air conditioner.
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- ↑ History of Refrigerators, About.com
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| 02:44, 18 September 2007 |  | 800 × 1,112 (324 KB) | AzraelBrown (talk | contribs) | This is a strikingly accurate article, made quaint by its lack of modern terminology. Through WW1, aircraft were in a more supplimentary role, but the future benefit of flying weapons platforms was quite evident. "Navies of the Stratosphere" was the | |
| 14:24, 8 September 2007 |  | 800 × 1,125 (333 KB) | AzraelBrown (talk | contribs) | Science...'''IN THE HOME!''' |
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