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Cool Capitalist: The 100th Anniversary of the Air Conditioner
The Washington Times ^
| July 21, 2006
| Edward Hudgins
Posted on 07/21/2006 7:15:05 AM PDT by Ed Hudgins
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To: RayChuang88
I do strongly favor banning air conditioning in all government buildings here in heat-oppressed Washington, D.C. That would make this town a hardship post again, cut down on the number of people who would want to work for the oppressive federal bureacracy, and keep Congress out of session for the summer months so they would leave us the hell alone! -- Ed Hudgins
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:34:01 AM PDT
by
Ed Hudgins
(Rand fan)
To: Ed Hudgins
There will be no "Sun Belt" without Carrier, period.
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:39:01 AM PDT
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: B-Chan
We didn't have AC when I was growing up either. With the exception of a few movie theaters and restaurants, I don't remember AC in widespread use until the late 1960s, early 70s. Most new automobiles didn't feature it until the 70s and even then it was an option.
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:40:41 AM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: RayChuang88
Vegas would still be Vegas but the city would have been empty during the summer if there's no AC.
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:41:27 AM PDT
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: Ed Hudgins
Howard Baker recalled that it was his father who told him that all problems with government started in 1936 when they air-conditioned the Capitol. Prior to that Congress would flee Washington's beastly summers for months every year.
There is much wisdom to that observation.
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:48:24 AM PDT
by
AustinBill
(consequence is what makes our choices real)
To: Ed Hudgins
Most interesting, like the story of the inventor of the first moldable plastic, Leo Baekland.
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:55:41 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: in God is our trust.)
To: AustinBill
About the only bit of wisdon that Howard ever imparted!!!!!
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posted on
07/21/2006 8:00:34 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: Ed Hudgins
A lot less time to contemplate and pass more B.S. type of laws. Look at the states, those who have part time legislatures have more freedom than states with full-time, professional legislatures such as California.
I agree with Mr. Hudgins.
I do strongly favor banning air conditioning in all government buildings here in heat-oppressed Washington, D.C. That would make this town a hardship post again, cut down on the number of people who would want to work for the oppressive federal bureacracy, and keep Congress out of session for the summer months so they would leave us the hell alone! -- Ed Hudgins
To: AustinBill
We held the March for Truth in Lafayette Park when it was 100 degrees. I can understand why people would flee Washington.
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posted on
07/21/2006 8:20:42 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Inyo-Mono
(((We didn't have AC when I was growing up either. With the exception of a few movie theaters and restaurants, I don't remember AC in widespread use until the late 1960s, early 70s. Most new automobiles didn't feature it until the 70s and even then it was an option.)))
I'm only fifty (gee, it sounds good to say ONLY), but we didn't have air conditioning until the mid-70s, and then it was considered a neat luxury.
To: dfwgator
Greatest Invention ever.
Where we live (low desert) it's gaining population by leaps and bounds. I often muse that if reliable A/C hadn't come about this area would have the same population ratio as the Sahara Desert.
(Check my page - it's 8:30 am, and already 102 on my three thermos - expected to hit 116 today with a 'warmup' for the weekend...I'll likely FReep more than usual)
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posted on
07/21/2006 8:35:54 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
To: RoadTest
Most interesting, like the story of the inventor of the first moldable plastic, Leo Baekland.Who, if I remembr my plastic history correctly, invented Bakelite as an entry for a contest. The Belgian companies who made billiard balls from ivory were concerned that the supply of ivory might be depleted.
They offered a cash prize to the person who could come up with the best substitute for ivory. Leo Baekland came up with a plastic named for him - Bakelite - and won the contest.
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posted on
07/21/2006 8:38:35 AM PDT
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Tokra
I didn't know about the Belgian prize.
He discovered the material while he (and other researchers) was looking for a substitute for varnish made from some bugs - but noticed big globs forming when he baked it, and went on to find he could mold the stuff.
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posted on
07/21/2006 8:58:52 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: in God is our trust.)
To: Ed Hudgins
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posted on
07/21/2006 8:59:39 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: AustinBill
Funny how that works, make them comfy and they want to lounge around and take forever to get things done, we should shut down the AC there and I bet the tempo would pickup quite a bit...
To: steve-b
when we actually run out of oil; I reject the premise as mere speculation. That's just silly. The fact that the amount of oil in existence is finite is a fact, not a speculation
The rate of the earth's natural production of oil is unknown; therefore predicting an end to the supply is, in fact, mere speculation.
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posted on
07/21/2006 9:09:10 AM PDT
by
xjcsa
(The internet is not a truck. It's a series of tubes.)
To: Crawdad
John Gorrie, (October 3, 1802 June 29, 1855) physician, scientist, inventor, and humanitarian, is considered the father of refrigeration and air conditioning.
He was born on the Island of Nevis on October 3, 1802, and spent his childhood in South Carolina. He received his medical education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of New York in Fairfield, New York.
In 1833, he moved to Apalachicola, Florida, a port city on the Gulf coast. As well as being resident physician at two hospitals, Gorrie was active in the community.
At various times he served as Postmaster, President of the Bank of Pensacola's Apalachicola Branch, Secretary of the Masonic Lodge, and was one of the founding vestrymen of Trinity Episcopal Church.
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posted on
07/21/2006 9:12:35 AM PDT
by
blam
To: steve-b
That's just silly. The fact that the amount of oil in existence is finite is a fact, not a speculation. what's sillier is that your statement suggests that you know categorically that oil, which is formed by natural processes, has for some reason ceased to be formed by natural process.
To: Ed Hudgins
To: HonestConservative
As a person with a family history in the printing business of old, it holds special significance. Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Co. in Brooklyn, faced a problem. Climate variations in their facility meant the printing equipment would expand or contract subtly...
It was the paper that would expand and contract with temperature and moisture changes, not the machinery.
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posted on
07/21/2006 10:37:52 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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