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Too Hot? No Cooler Time To Honor The Steve Jobs Of A.C.

Mark Stencel

Triple-digit heat and summer storms that left millions without power help mark the upcoming anniversary of engineer Willis Carrier's 1902 breakthrough. So how did ordinary people endure the heat before A.C. became a necessity?