753: An Homage to the Refrigerator
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The Evolution of Refrigerators
The first really big change is from those giant five ton machines down to something that's going to fit in a kitchen. The key breakthrough which comes just after that is the new refrigerant Freon. Everybody builds with Freon from then on. But the basic refrigerator has been the same since like 1927.
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