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Record #97075:
A historical perspective of the nineteenth century ice trade / R.A. Smith.
Title: | A historical perspective of the nineteenth century ice trade / R.A. Smith. |
Author(s): | Smith, R. A. |
Date: | 1989. |
Publisher: | Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers |
In: | Glacier fluctuations and climatic change : proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held in Amsterdam, 1-5 June 1987. (1989.), |
Abstract: | Outlines history of use of naturally occurring ice as refrigerating medium in various areas (Europe, USA, North Africa). Trade declined just before World War 1, when mechanical and chemical refrigerating plant became available. Describes rare example of present-day glacier-ice trade in Hunza region, Karakorum. |
Notes: | In: Glacier fluctuations and climatic change : proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held in Amsterdam, 1-5 June 1987 / Johannes Oerlemans, ed. |
Keywords: | 621.56 -- Refrigeration technology. E2 -- Glaciology: general. |
SPRI record no.: | 97075 |
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