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fandomhigh2022-09-13 10:45 am
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American Inventions, Tuesday, September 13, 2022
"Welcome back," Tony said to the class with a grin. "We have another inventor who people as a whole probably know nothing about, but his work has definitely been part of your lives here on the island at the very least. His name is Frederick McKinley Jones, and he is the inventor of mobile refrigeration."
"And he was largely self-taught," Steve said, looking impressed. "He was born in 1893 and stopped his formal education by sixth grade. He started working in garages and ended up in an all-Black engineering division during World War I."
"After the first world war, he developed what was called the Thermo Control Model A, which was a device that could withstand the vibrations and bouncing of a vehicle on the road. And this may not sound like a huge achievement," Tony said. "But being able to keep food, medicine, and even blood cool and safe for transport across long distances changed a great deal in this country. It meant mobile hospitals didn't have to rely on a supply of those things at hand. It meant that you could easily have your products transported cross-country to sell far from the location of your company."
Steve nodded. "It meant meat could be transported longer distances, vegetables didn't have to just come in cans, and food in general didn't have to stay extremely local. Transporting fish without refrigeration? No."
"So, let's think on what other big changes we can imagine came from this, or if you're from a place without it, what could happen back home with it," Tony suggested.
"And he was largely self-taught," Steve said, looking impressed. "He was born in 1893 and stopped his formal education by sixth grade. He started working in garages and ended up in an all-Black engineering division during World War I."
"After the first world war, he developed what was called the Thermo Control Model A, which was a device that could withstand the vibrations and bouncing of a vehicle on the road. And this may not sound like a huge achievement," Tony said. "But being able to keep food, medicine, and even blood cool and safe for transport across long distances changed a great deal in this country. It meant mobile hospitals didn't have to rely on a supply of those things at hand. It meant that you could easily have your products transported cross-country to sell far from the location of your company."
Steve nodded. "It meant meat could be transported longer distances, vegetables didn't have to just come in cans, and food in general didn't have to stay extremely local. Transporting fish without refrigeration? No."
"So, let's think on what other big changes we can imagine came from this, or if you're from a place without it, what could happen back home with it," Tony suggested.