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The Coolest Inventor

Willis Haviland Carrier and His Air Conditioner

Alison and Stephen Eldridge

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The Coolest Inventor

Willis Haviland Carrier and His Air Conditioner

Alison and Stephen Eldridge

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Enslow Elementary, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Enslow Elementary is a registered trademark of Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Copyright 2014 by Alison and Stephen Eldridge

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Eldridge, Alison. The coolest inventor : Willis Haviland Carrier and his air conditioner / by Alison and Stephen Eldridge. pages cm ( Inventors at work! ) Includes index. Summary: Read about Willis Haviland Carrier's early life on a farm, his desire to go to college, and the

creation of air conditioning Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-7660-4216-2 Carrier, Willis Haviland, 1876-1950 Juvenile literature. Air conditioning History Juvenile literature.

Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature. I. Eldridge, Stephen. II. Title. TH140. C37E43 2014 9'3092 dc23 [ B] 2012041458

Future editions: Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4644-0375-0 EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4645-1207-0 Single-User PDF ISBN: 978-1-4646-1207-7 Multi-User PDF ISBN: 978-0-7660-5839-2

Printed in the United States of America 102013 Lake Book Manufacturing, Melrose Park, IL

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Photo Credits: 1896 Illustrated General Catalogue of the Buffalo Horizontal and Upright Steam Engines, p. 16; 1999 Artville, LLC, p. ( map) ; AP Images/Julio Cortez, p. 28; Big Cheese Photo/Thinkstock, p. 4; Carrier Corporation, pp. 10, 23, 25, 31, 34; Comstock/Thinkstock, p. 39; Dynamic Graphics/Thinkstock, p. 12; Image courtesy of Dorothy Goeller, p. 32; iStockphoto. com/Jonathan Maddock, p. 36; iStockphoto. com/Thinkstock, pp. 18, 37; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, pp. 1415; Shutterstock. com, pp. ( farm) , 7, 8, 11, 26, 40, 41, 42, 43; United States Patent Office, p.

Cover Photos: Carrier Corporation

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CONTENTS

Growing Up Cool

Carrier, the Young Inventor

Climate Control

Successes and Struggles

A Cool Legacy

You Be the Inventor Timeline

Words to Know

Learn More

Index

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What do you do to cool off? These kids use the pool, but it is easier to cool off in air-conditioning.

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Growing Up Cool

Icky sticky! Does it get hot where you live? It feels great to walk into an air-conditioned room on a hot day and be greeted by a blast of cold air. But have you ever wondered who made it possible? You can thank Willis Carrier. He is the inventor of the air conditioner. Without him, millions of homes, classrooms, and offices would be too hot in the summer. Air-conditioning can even save lives!

When Willis Carrier was born, life was very different. He was born in Angola, New York, in 1876. In the 1870s, people didnt have many of the things we have today. There were no telephones. There were no cars or radios. There were definitely no computers or TVs!

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Willis Carrier grew up on a farm in Angola, New York.

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Not many people had lightbulbs or electricity. Of course there was no air-conditioning. Willis lived on a farm. There were not many children his own age to play with. You might think he was bored because he had no TV, movies, or video games. But Willis spent his free time making up problems to solve.

Growing Up on the Farm

Willis helped his father, Duane, clean and fix farm machines. As a young boy he even put together a whole tractor! He got his love of working with machines from his mother. Elizabeth Haviland Carrier was a schoolteacher. She also liked to fix things. She fixed the family sewing machine, alarm clock, and other things.

Young Willis came from a family that loved to fix things. His mother fixed many things in the home, including alarm clocks.

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She also helped Willis with his schoolwork. When Willis was in school, he had trouble understanding math with fractions. His mother had him cut up apples to work out problems with them. This taught Willis that he could solve problems if he just broke them down into simple pieces. (And also that math can be delicious!)

Elizabeth died when Willis was only eleven years old. He never forgot what his mom told him: Figure things out for yourself. In high school, Willis would often take longer than anyone else to do his homework. He wanted to be sure he had it perfect. Willis was lucky to go to high school. Many children in the 1800s stopped going before then.

School days were tough for Willis. On top of schoolwork, he had a lot to do! He began each day at 5:00 a.m., helping his father milk cows. Then he delivered the milk with a wagon. If there was snow, he had to use a sled! Then he went back home for breakfast

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