biography
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Carrier, Willis (Haviland)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1950)
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| biography:
| Engineer and inventor, born near Angola, New York, USA. Raised on a farm, he attended local schools, won a scholarship to Cornell University to study engineering, and graduated in 1901. The following year, working for the Buffalo Forge Co, he designed a humidity-control machine for a New York printing plant, and went on to become the pioneer of modern air-conditioning systems, with over 80 patents. He headed the Carrier Corp (1915–48) which long dominated the manufacture of air conditioners. By 1930 Carrier air conditioners were cooling more than 300 theatres, and in 1939 he invented a practical air-conditioning system for skyscrapers. |
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