1942 | Cloud Wampler replaced an ailing but still active Willis Carrier. Carrier continued to come to his office regularly, though less often, through 1949. |
1949 | Payne, Bryant and Day & Night bought themselves from Dresser Industries and formed Affiliated Gas Equipment (AGE). Carrier bought AGE in 1955. |
October 7, 1950 | Death of Willis Haviland Carrier at age 73. Referred to internationally as the "Father of Air Conditioning." |
1955 | With the advent of jet passenger service, Carrier develops an air-turbine-driven centrifugal refrigeration machine to cool the Douglas Aircraft Company's DC 8. Although small enough to fit inside a small piece of carry-on luggage, it was powerful enough to air condition seven average sized homes. |
1955 | The U.S.S. Forrestal, the largest airfield afloat, is air conditioned by Carrier. |
1959 | America's nuclear powered submarines are commissioned with Carrier air conditioning systems aboard. |
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