The coolest inventor : Willis Haviland Carrier and his air conditioner / Alison and Stephen Eldridge.
Material type:
TextSeries: Inventors at work!Publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc., [2014]Description: 48 pages : colored illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0766042162
- 1464403759
- 9780766042162
- 9781464403750
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 697.9309 E37 | Available | 33111007976737 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Icy cold air conditioning is very common in many people's lives, but there was a time when this popular luxury did not exist. People had to think of other ways to keep cool on hot, humid days. It was also too hot in factories and hospitals, theaters and cars. Willis Carrier changed all that. Authors Alison and Stephen Eldridge explore how his love of science and fixing things led to a lifetime of adventure, research, and the discovery of air conditioning.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
Growing up cool -- Carrier, the young inventor -- Climate control -- Successes and struggles -- A cool legacy -- You be the inventor.
"Read about Willis Haviland Carrier's early life on a farm, his desire to go to college, and the creation of air conditioning"-- Provided by publisher.