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 Encyclopedia: Willis Carrier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 - October 9, 1950) was an engineer and inventor, and is known as the man who invented air conditioning.
Carrier was born in Angola, New York on the shore of Lake Erie, and inherited his mother's love for "tinkering", with clocks, sewing machines, and other household devices.
Carrier moved his company to Syracuse, New York in the 1930s, and the company became one of the largest employers in central New York.
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 Willis Carrier -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 - October 9, 1950) was an (A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems) engineer and (Someone who is the first to think of or make something) inventor, and is known as the man who invented (A system that keeps air cool and dry) air conditioning.
Carrier moved his company to (additional info and facts about Syracuse, New York) Syracuse, New York in the (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s, and the company became one of the largest employers in central (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York.
Carrier and all three of his wives are buried in (additional info and facts about Forest Lawn Cemetery) Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Willis Haviland Carrier did pretty well for a boy who had to slice a peck of apples into halves, quarters and eighths to grasp the notion of fractions.
Carrier entered Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. on a four-year scholarship, but he was forced to earn room and board money by mowing lawns, stoking furnaces, and, during his senior year, forming a co-op student laundry.
Carrier, barely a year out of college, was made head of the company's department of experimental engineering.
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Carrier's early work in developing centrifugal refrigeration machines led to new safe refrigerants for which he also received several patents.
Born near Angola in western New York, Carrier attended Cornell University and graduated with an M.E. in 1901.
Carrier and several other engineers formed the Carrier Engineering Corporation in 1915 with capital of $35,000.
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 Carrier, Willis (Haviland) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Carrier, Willis (Haviland)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His company, Carrier Corporation, dominated the manufacturing of air conditioners.
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 A Cool American Capitalist -- Objectivist Center -- Reason, Individualism, Achievement, and Freedom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Carrier was born in 1876 and grew on the cold shores of Lake Erie in upstate New York.
Carrier solved the company's problem by producing the first system to control temperature, humidity and ventilation; U.S. Patent #8008897 for the "Apparatus for Treating Air" was granted in 1906.
In 1928 Carrier produced the first AC unit for private residences but, as with the television, that other great invention of the era, the economic situation in the country delayed its widespread introduction into our homes until the 1950s.
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 Father of Cool
In 1902, only one year after Willis Haviland Carrier graduated from Cornell University with a Masters in Engineering, the first air (temperature and humidity) conditioner was invented and in operation, making one Brooklyn printing plant owner very happy.
Willis and six other engineers formed the Carrier Engineering Corporation in 1915 with a starting capital of $35,000 (1995 sales topped $5 billion).
Willis Haviland Carrier did not invent the very first system to cool an interior structure, however, his system was the first truly successful and safe one that started the science of modern air conditioning.
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Willis, one of five children in the Koelbl family, handles two paper routes now, but inherited his first about four years ago from his eldest sister who, in...
Carrier graduated from Cornell University in 1901 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
At the age of 25, he devised his first important invention, a device for keeping a printing plant in Brooklyn, New York cool and the humidity low, in order to keep its paper at a constant temperature and dryness.
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 When did Willis Haviland Carrier make the air conditioner?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
If you were fortunate enough to be able to spend last week in a climate-controlled environment, give thanks to Willis Haviland Carrier, whose new-fangled invention, air conditioning, first went into service 100 years ago, on July 17, 1902.
Although Willis Haviland Carrier is regarded as the father of air conditioning, air conditioning was still a rare commodity in 1936, when the Dust Bowl swirled in the Plains states.
From the time Willis Haviland Carrier invented the basics of modern air conditioning in 1902, Carrier has been the world leader in the manufacture and sale of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, HVAC systems and products.
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Young Willis, however, began showing inventive and mechanical skills at the early age of 11 and it thought that some of those skills, perhaps, were inherited from his mother, Elizabeth Haviland Carrier.
Carrier and six colleagues staked their personal savings of $32,600 - and their futures - on a new company called Carrier Engineering Corp.That company incorporated in 1915 and was originally located in New Jersey.
Willis Carrier and his wives are all buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery on lot 76 in Section 15.
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 Haviland - Haviland, John (1792-1852) -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
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Willis Haviland Carrier, the man known as "The Father of the Air Conditioning Industry," was born on November 26 on a farm near Angola, a small town in
Carrier, Willis Haviland American inventor and industrialist who formulated the basic theories of air conditioning.
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Willis Haviland Carrier was one of the first people to recognize that air conditioning was not just chilled air but the result of a careful balance among temperature, humidity, supply and exhaust, air cleanliness, and air movement.
One of the critical elements in the system was this centrifugal compressor, which Carrier began manufacturing in 1922.
Two years later, the Carrier company installed centrifugal refrigeration machines in a department store in Detroit and a theater in Dallas, thereby introducing the phrase "air conditioning" into the public vocabulary.
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 What Did Willis Carrier Invent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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Carrier and all three of his wives are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York.
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In 1915 he and several fellow workers founded the Carrier Corp., and he served as its president (1915-30) and chairman (1930-48).
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Chancellor Harold O. Levy and Carrier Corporation President Geraud Darnis Announce Creation of Willis H. Carrier Academy at W.E. Grady High School; Grant to Grady HS Presented on the Day Marking the 100th Anniversary...
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 Willis Haviland Carrier --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
U.S. mechanical engineer Willis Haviland Carrier was born in Angola, N.Y. He served as head of the Carrier Corporation and developed modern air conditioning.
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Willis Haviland Carrier invented the basics of modern air conditioning 100 years ago, changing the industrial processing environment forever.
Carrier combines its global HVAC and refrigeration expertise with the responsiveness of its local operations to lead nearly every geographic market.
Carrier is also known as a successful business unit the $28-billion United Technologies Corporation (UTC).
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In 1911, Willis Haviland Carrier disclosed his basic Rational Psychrometric Formulae to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers...
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Meanwhile the mother of all air conditioners is poised to start humming on the roof next door as the temperature climbs.
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Carrier developed the first residential 'Weathermaker', an air conditioner for private home use...
Carrier's 38TSA delivers outstanding cooling comfort with a clear conscience now and well into the future.
Carrier Corporation, the world's No. 1 air conditioner supplier, on Friday pledged long-term investments in China's heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry, 20 years after its entry into the Chinese market.
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 Willis Haviland Carrier
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Willis was married to actress Demi Moore from November 21, 1987 to October 18, 2000.
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 Carrier, Willis Haviland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Willis Haviland Carrier invented his air-conditioning machine early in his career.
His initial research into heating and cooling devices resulted in one of the first commercial air-conditioning machines.
When his company dropped the technology, Carrier started his own company.
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 Willis Haviland Carrier
Chancellor Harold O. Levy and Carrier Corporation President Geraud Darnis Announce Creation of Willis H. Carrier Academy at W.E. Grady High School; Grant to Grady HS Presented on the Day Marking the 100th Anniversary of Willis H. Carrier's Invention of Modern Air-Conditioning.
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Headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut USA, with over 43,000 employees in over 172 countries, Carrier combines its global HVAC and refrigeration expertise with the responsiveness of its local operations to lead nearly every geographic market.
You can view some of our unique installations, review the history of the vision behind the development of modern air conditioning, and learn about Carrier's role in maintaining our environment.
You can also learn more about career opportunities at Carrier and read our latest news releases.
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