My brother is one of those people who tends to try to figure things out.
For as long as I can remember he has been known to take things apart just to see how they worked.
He has always been interested in going to museum that feature early technology, so when they had an exhibit on HVAC system he wanted to go. I decided to tag along so that he wouldn’t have to go alone and I was pleasantly surprised how fascinating it was. The area of the exhibit that intrigues me the most was the development of air conditioning. Today this is a feature that we take for granted and it is found in most homes and almost all businesses, hospitals, and even shopping malls. Did you ever stop to think where it all started? I hadn’t until I went to the exhibit with my brother. Not surprising, the inventor of the earliest air conditioning systems was both a physician and an inventor. Is primary goal in developing this technology was to lessen the spread of diseases throughout hospitals. This came about in the 1800’s which surprised me because there were no electrical components available at that time. The only way people had to cool a room was to use large chunks of ice. The earliest air conditioners could have run by using either wind or steam powered compressors. These early compressors eliminated the need to transport ice from one location to the other because they could produce it on site. Even though it’s concept was developed that early it did not come to fruition until much later. I guess you never know what you will learn when you explore new things.