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John Gorrie 1803–1855


Florida
John Gorrie 1803–1855

Air conditioning, the invention that made summer bearable, began with John Gorrie. He reduced heat and moisture in the rooms of his malaria patients through an air-cooling system that also made ice.

Sculptor: Charles A. Pillars
(John Gorrie, 1913), Marble
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