Stuff of Genius

The Iceman Cometh... Jacob Perkin's First Refrigerator

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02:06 | Jan 9th, 2014

Jacob Perkins was always a tinkerer, but in 1834 he patented the refrigerator. Learn how his version worked by vaporizing dangerous chemicals.


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