Willis Carrier - First modern air conditioning system
Time: Thursday Jul 17, 1902
Place: Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Details: In Buffalo, New York, on July 17, 1902, in response to an air quality problem experienced at the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company of Brooklyn, Willis Carrier submitted drawings for what became recognized as the world's first modern air conditioning system.
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