Category: History - American
Prior to 1805, there was no regularly conducted traffic in ice, in this country. In the winter of 1805–6, a supply was secured at Boston, Mass., and the following summer a cargo was despatched to the West Indies, where yellow fever was then raging.
The Science of Ice Formation--Preparing the Ice Field for the Harvest--Getting Rid of Snow--Sudden Thaws and How to Remedy Their Damage--Tools and Implements Used--Thickness of...
12. CHAPTER X.The addition of an ice house to the farm equipment is the connecting link which will supply these luxuries. Few entertainments are complete with ice cream omitted, and as it fal...
8. CHAPTER VI.Cold Storage Ice Houses--Their Value for Handling Meats, Fruits and Vegetables--What They Will Do--Principles of Construction and Operation--How to Build Them--The Dairy and Col...
6. CHAPTER IV.The Earliest Forms of Ice Storage--Development of the Modern Ice House--The Site and Its Requirements--Placing the House--Survey--Foundations--Size of an Ice House--Details of C...
9. CHAPTER VII.America has the honor of being the home of the inventors who first achieved success in making artificial ice by modern methods. Jacob Perkins, in 1834, and Professor Twinning, o...
10. CHAPTER VIII.On all the important lines of railroads a regular refrigerator car service is maintained, for transporting perishable goods of all kinds. Butter, poultry, eggs, cheese, fruit, f...
11. CHAPTER IX.It is well known that cellars which are dry, cool and well ventilated are of great service in preserving fruit and vegetables. In Sicily, where oranges have long been produced i...
3. CHAPTER I.Prior to 1805, there was no regularly conducted traffic in ice, in this country. In the winter of 1805–6, a supply was secured at Boston, Mass., and the following summer a cargo...
7. CHAPTER V.After a house is filled with ice and put in order, it is placed in the care of an attendant. The top dressing requires frequent inspection to keep it intact. Keep the circulatin...
4. CHAPTER II.Attention is now being given to the sanitary condition of the sources from whence supplies of natural ice are obtained. Ice sold for domestic uses and cut from canal water, must...
2. Chapter X, Recipes for Iced Food and Beverages 101–1141. Chapter VI, The Use of Ice in Refrigeration--Refrigerator