Prologue To The Frozen Water Trade: How Ice From New England Lakes Kept The World Cool

Agree if preserving food to chilling daily essentials from dairy products, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables had often challenged mankind dating back to prehistory times. Determine if prior to Mid Nineteenth Century’s arrival whether most Americans truly had proper means behind relying on a commodity that’s been taken for granted. Go behind the scenes and get to know Scottish Physician, Chemist, & Professor William Cullen whom experimented with refrigeration. Learn how Benjamin Franklin & British Chemistry Professor John Hadley conducted an experiment using a Mercury Thermometer which resulted in lowering object’s temperature past water’s freezing point of 32 Degrees Fahrenheit. Get an in depth analysis behind how far back ice itself was first acquired and preserved by people of various ancient civilizations. Learn why Ice itself had a unique place amongst well to do Europeans starting around Sixteenth Century and onward. Discover how United States come first decade of Nineteenth Century witnessed various unique firsts. Understand how one New Englander named Frederic Tudor come 1806 envisioned something grand where ice once harvested from Massachusetts’s Ponds, Lakes, & Rivers could get exported domestically & internationally. Learn how Frederic Tudor’s Family Ties were part of Boston, Massachusetts’s Upper Elite Class better known as the Brahmins. Decide if it’s fair to say when learning about famous inventions that we instantly get caught up in the success element factor versus all past trial & error experiments. Understand why Frederic Tudor’s story must be told from all sides including the ups and downs he faced with experimentation to enduring ridicule from within Boston’s Elite Group, the Brahmins. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirk-monroe/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.