On This Day January 2

American engineer Willis Carrier invented the first electric air conditioning unit after he was commissioned to come up with the design by a printing company whose work was being wrecked by humidity in the factory.  He was awarded a patent for his appliance on January 2, 1902. The installation marked the birth of air conditioning because of the addition of humidity control.

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