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Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything [Table Of Contents], Salvatore Basile
Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything [Table Of Contents], Salvatore Basile
History
It’s a contraption that makes the lists of “Greatest Inventions Ever”; at the same time, it’s accused of causing global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people’s food habits to their voting patterns, to even the way big business washes its windows. It has saved countless lives . . . while causing countless deaths. Most of us are glad it’s there. But we don’t know how, or when, it got there.
It’s air conditioning.
For thousands of years, humankind attempted to do something about the slow torture of hot weather. Everything was tried: water power, slave power, electric …
Herreshoff Marine Museum: Historical Analysis, Jake Getz, Dylan Matteo, Alexander Rudkin, Arnold Robinson, Susan Bosco
Herreshoff Marine Museum: Historical Analysis, Jake Getz, Dylan Matteo, Alexander Rudkin, Arnold Robinson, Susan Bosco
History
These methods that Herreshoff utilized can be classified as early stages of the LEAN manufacturing concept which is used today in a majority of America’s leading manufacturers. Herreshoff made sure that his entire inventory was used and nothing was wasted. By reducing/eliminating waste, Nat preserved the value of his products and increased the efficiency of operation.
A Century Of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years Of New York's Underground Railways, Brian J. Cudahy
A Century Of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years Of New York's Underground Railways, Brian J. Cudahy
History
Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement—how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground.