Tonight's Topic: Indoor Weather
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Willis Carrier's Plans
How was your day today?What kind of weather did you have (outside)?
Did you spend any time inside a building (or your vehicle) -- and did you notice whether it was warm (or cool) enough, too bright (or dark), etc. than outside?
Actually, did you even notice that Indoor Weather?
In her book, Weatherland, British lecturer Alexandra Harris describes how humans adapted over the centuries to living with weather -- both inside and out.
Accordingly, we offer for your approval tonight, 3 questions about Indoor Weather.
Please choose your answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each of the following question.
OK, let's check out whether your Answers tonight will be HOT or Cold....
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Question #1: According to Harris, after centuries of trying to manage by keeping the weather outside, it wasn't until 1902 that a way was invented to manage the weather inside buildings. What was it?
A. Filippo Marinetti, founder of Futurism, created a personal heating outfit -- similar to the "Snuggie", as seen on TV, or
B. Swiss architect, Le Corbusier, invented the revolving door and the "electronic" fireplace, or
C. Willis Carrier designed a way to "air condition" a factory by cooling and dehumifying the whole building.
On July 17, 1902, a young research engineer initialed a set of
mechanical drawings designed to solve a production problem at a
Brooklyn Lithography/Printing Company.
He knew that engineers had long been able to heat, cool and humidify air.
Sometimes, as a result of cooling, they had also been able to reduce humidity.
But precise control of humidity in a manufacturing environment—that was something entirely new.
The drawings were dated July 17, 1902. After that, nothing would be the same. Modern air conditioning was born.
For Willis Carrier, it was a foggy Pittsburgh train platform in 1902.
Carrier stared through the mist and realized that he could dry air by passing it through water to create fog.
Doing so would make it possible to manufacture air with specific amounts of moisture in it.
Within a year, he completed his invention to control humidity – the fundamental building block for modern air conditioning.
The “Father of Air Conditioning,” Willis Carrier’s invention gave rise to numerous industries that power our economy today....
The precise control of temperature and humidity made possible by his invention even enabled shopping malls, transatlantic flight, and the computers and servers that power the Internet.
[SOURCE: Willis Carrier -- the inventor of modern air-conditioning]
He knew that engineers had long been able to heat, cool and humidify air.
Sometimes, as a result of cooling, they had also been able to reduce humidity.
But precise control of humidity in a manufacturing environment—that was something entirely new.
The drawings were dated July 17, 1902. After that, nothing would be the same. Modern air conditioning was born.
For Willis Carrier, it was a foggy Pittsburgh train platform in 1902.
Carrier stared through the mist and realized that he could dry air by passing it through water to create fog.
Doing so would make it possible to manufacture air with specific amounts of moisture in it.
Within a year, he completed his invention to control humidity – the fundamental building block for modern air conditioning.
The “Father of Air Conditioning,” Willis Carrier’s invention gave rise to numerous industries that power our economy today....
The precise control of temperature and humidity made possible by his invention even enabled shopping malls, transatlantic flight, and the computers and servers that power the Internet.
[SOURCE: Willis Carrier -- the inventor of modern air-conditioning]
A. "Weatherproofing", or
B. "Lymphatic Climate Control", or
C. "Exact breathing" ("respration exacte").
[Quoting Le Corbusier] “The adoption of so-called ‘exact respiration,’ a system based on the production of what it has been agreed to call ‘exact air,’ should allow each resident to enjoy pure air and to maintain even temperature and humidity in his rooms.
[SOURCE: Le Corbusier, The Radiant City]
[SOURCE: Le Corbusier, The Radiant City]
A. 16°C (60.8°F), or
B. 17°C (62,7°F), or
C. 18°C (64.4°F).
Comfort cannot be defined absolutely, but the World Health Organization's standard for warmth says 18C (64F) is suitable for healthy people who are appropriately dressed.
For those with respiratory problems or allergies, they recommend a minimum of 16C (60.8C); and for the sick, disabled, very old or very young, a minimum of 20C (68F).
[SOURCE: BBC News Magazine (03 March 2011) -- How warm is your home?]
For those with respiratory problems or allergies, they recommend a minimum of 16C (60.8C); and for the sick, disabled, very old or very young, a minimum of 20C (68F).
[SOURCE: BBC News Magazine (03 March 2011) -- How warm is your home?]
| SPECIAL FEATURE: A British History in Weather (10 15-minute audio programmes)  |
"...some
would argue that - along with tea drinking and queueing - lamenting the
weather is almost woven into British DNA."
[Source: Can you advertise British weather to tourists?]
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Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
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Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
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