Refrigerator
InventorJames Harrison
Year1856
CategoryFood
OriginAustralia
About Refrigerator
Harrison built the first practical vapor-compression refrigerator. Earlier ice boxes used harvested ice. Mechanical refrigeration transformed food storage and medicine. The first home refrigerator went on sale in 1911 for 900 dollars.
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