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The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Mijley Changed the World
Charles Kettering asked Thomas Mijley to help him solve a problem with refrigeration. At the time, people didn't have fridges at home, it was too dangerous. The chemicals you needed for the cooling coils were either toxic or flammable. He soon zeroed in on fluorine as a promising element that might have the right properties.
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