Did you know that the air conditioner was invented in 1902? Most people aren’t aware that the air conditioner that we know today was invented and would have been around during the time of our great-great-grandfathers.

• Even though these air conditioners would have been large and industrial, and even though personal air conditioners wouldn’t come out until much later, we have had air conditioning for more than 100 years! Another thing that most people don’t realize is that air conditioners weren’t invented to make your house or building colder! The air conditioners in our house make the air colder, but that was not the original intent.

In fact, colder air was just a by-product of the original function of the air conditioner. However, to understand this, you must understand why the air conditioner was invented. In 1902, an inventer that worked at a printing press was put in charge of figuring out how to get rid of the moisture in the air. The moisture was causing the books and paper to wrinkle up, and the owner felt that by eliminating the moisture in the air, the paper would be preserved for a longer period of time. In 1902, the air conditioner was invented as the machine that was designed to eradicate any moisture in the air. The air conditioner was effective in this, but people also began to notice that by eliminating the moisture, they had also dropped the temperature. The primary function of the air conditioner is not to make your house colder, but to eliminate the humidity. By focusing on one task, it accomplished both.

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