TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust dictionaryofsydney.org Submitted by stumcm t3_y5vimm on October 16, 2022 at 11:42 PM in todayilearned 177 comments 3,011
2cap t1_isn4toc wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:45 AM >Physicians attribute, in a great measure, the healthiness of the New England States of America to the free use of Ice, particularly in water, to which it imparts a liveliness not previously possessed nothing really changes Permalink 3
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