Refrigeration History - Ice Houses, Artificial and Commercial Refrigerators
Since the early days, people noticed that food that was left in a colder environment lasted longer, remained fresher and healthier than the food that was left where it was hot. There started a long but important development of artificial refrigeration. Read more about different forms of cooling and refrigeration history.
History of Refrigerator
Refrigeration is one of the main food storage techniques in developed countries. But it was not always so. To keep our food cool we had to harvest ice from the nature itself. Today almost every household has a refrigerator. Read about refrigerator history.
History of Fridges and Freezers
Fridges and their stronger and colder cousins - freezers are today required equipment in every home. But it was not always like that. They ancestors were much simpler and not too practical. Find out more about fridges history.
Yakhchal - Ancient Refrigerator
Primitive ideas of ancient peoples by today’s means were not that primitive after all. For instance these ideas allowed for desert people to have ice during summer when there was no ice for thousands of kilometers around. Yakhchal is one such idea.
Timeline of Refrigerators
Refrigerators came a long way until they became a common home appliance known to all. The first refrigerators originated from early scientific experiments and were not practical but in time were perfected and became indispensable in everyday life. Check out timeline of refrigerator technology.
History of Ice Houses
People needed to keep perishable food on low temperatures before the refrigerator appeared as well as today. As a source of cold in the wormer months they used ice from lakes and rivers stored in ice houses during the winter. Read more about history of ice houses.
History of Solar-Powered Refrigerator
Although it looks like a new invention idea of a solar-powered refrigerator is relatively old and pretty simple - to use heat of the sun instead of the compressor in the refrigerator to liquefy the refrigerant. Read more about solar-powered refrigerators.
