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29 de ene. de 2008 · Thomas Moore (1760-1822) was a cabinetmaker, engineer, and farmer who developed one of the earliest refrigeration devices. Moore's "refrigerator" was constructed by placing a tin box inside an oval cedar tub and filling the gaps between box and tub with ice.
The icebox was invented by an American farmer and cabinetmaker named Thomas Moore in 1802. Moore used the icebox to transport butter from his home to the Georgetown markets, which allowed him to sell firm, brick butter instead of soft, melted tubs like his fellow vendors at the time.
13 de abr. de 2012 · A patent for a refrigerator (ice box) was granted to Thomas Moore and signed by President Thomas Jefferson. In 1802 Jefferson went to the Moore home in Montgomery County, Md to see the new Refrigeratory, and later bought one.
Thomas Moore a farmer and inventor created a refrigerated “ice box” to keep butter from melting on the way to market.
In 1802, Maryland based farmer and inventor, Thomas Moore, created an “Ice Box”. Initially named the “Refrigeratory”, this was an oval tub and lid made from cedar wood. The rectangular tin box, as seen in the sketch below, allowed space for ice between it and the wood.
In 1802, Moore received a patent for an invention that he called a refrigerator. 11 This device was a wooden box with a tin chamber inside. Moore placed ice between the wood and the tin and then insulated it with rabbit fur along the exterior.
The term "refrigerator" was coined by a Maryland engineer, Thomas Moore, in 1800. Moore's device would now be called an "ice box" -- a cedar tub, insulated with rabbit fur, filled with ice, surrounding a sheetmetal container for transporting butter from rural Maryland to Washington, DC.
