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Listen: The Latin ProgramExhibit on ice-making maching at John Gorrie Museum State Park - Apalachicola, Florida.
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Series 236, Box 1, envelope 169
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The text on the left reads: "In his quest for a machine to artificially lower the room temperature of malaria patients, Dr. John Gorrie developed a cold air machine a forerunner of the compression refrigerator of today. By 1844, he was cooling by mechanical refrigeration two rooms set aside in his own home for hospital purposes. The making of ice happened accidentally when the machine was accidentally when the machine was allowed to operate an unusually long time on a very hot day. The pipes became clogged with ice."
Dr. John Gorrie (1803-1855) was an early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice, refrigeration, and air conditioning. He was granted the first U.S. Patent for mechanical refrigeration in 1851.
The 1.25 acre John Gorrie Museum State Park was given to the Florida Park on 15 April 1955 by the City of Apalachicola to celebrate the inventor of air conditioning.
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