Talk:Willis Carrier
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- He is considered to be at least partially responsible for the economic boom of the American Southwest as his invention meant that people were able to move into areas previously considered uninhabitable in the summer months.
Because:
- This is just a vague claim with no substantiation.
- It implies a racial bias since the American Southwest was inhabited for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years by native Americans before the invention of air conditioning. IanWills 05:43, 20 April 2006 (UTC)IanWills
[edit] History
In his time, Willis was the young engineer who ws called upon by the government to provide cooling to the White House when President Garfield was shot and had a bullet lodged inside mortally for weeks before he would pass away. At the same time, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was also asked to tried to help find the bullet with an induction-balance electrical device which he had designed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.196.138.75 (talk • contribs) 03:10, 23 April 2006
