Quiz 2: 1501

What is the name of the man who started it all; "The Ice King".

• Fredrick Tudor

• Benjamin Hutchinson

• Willis Carrier

• John Gorrie

Briefly explain why Tudor's business did not initially take off the way he thought it would.

The "Ice King" used _____ as an insulator, to help preserve the blocks of ice so that they could sustain longer voyages across seas.

• sand

• iron

• sawdust

• sheets and aluminum

In order for ice to melt...

• it will do so naturally

• it needs another substance to break the tetrahedral bonds

• it must become compressed

• It needs to pull heat from the surrounding enviroment to break the tetrahedal bonds

In 1868, which city was the first to create a packing plant that kept the pork preserved; ultimately transforming the landscape of middle America.

• Philadelphia

• Chicago

• Boston

• Martinique

Due to ice shipment delays, John Gorrie started building his own refrigeration system to help cool down his sickly patients.

• True

• False

Who was the avid ice fisher that discovered once the frozen fish was thawed, it tasted fresher; ultimately contributing to the frozen food market we know today.

• Benjamin Hutchinson

• Ferdinand Carré

• Clarence Birdseye

• Johannes Gutenberg

Who was the young engineer that created the first "apparatus for treating air"?

• Willis Carrier

• Henry Thoreau

• Fredrick Tudor

• Ferdinand Carré

Ferdinand Carré used some of the same basic principles as Gorrie to design a refrigeration machine. These devices, however, used phosphate as a refrigerant.

• True

• False

Give three examples of how the development of artificial cold influenced modern society.