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
Some_Inspector3638 t1_isob59c wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:01 PM Reply to comment by Hammer7000 in 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 by stumcm Never been to Asia? Permalink Parent 1 Hammer7000 t1_isoc9dc wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:09 PM Im talking about Europe since thats what were discussed Permalink Parent 1
Hammer7000 t1_isoc9dc wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:09 PM Im talking about Europe since thats what were discussed Permalink Parent 1
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