Willis Haviland Carrier (1876-1950)
Willis was an American engineer who invented the first electrical air conditioning in 1902. His corportation in 1915 was called the Carrier Corporation who distributed heating, ventilation , and air conditioning.
Before I talk more about what Willis completed, I would like to give some background information on him. The "Father of Air Conditioning" was born in New York and earned an enginnering degree from Cornell University in 1901. He started to work at Buffalo Forge Company in 1901 and a year later he designed the first air conditioning system. He died in 1950, and in the year of 1985 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Additionally, he was named one of TIME Magazines "100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century" in the year of 1998. Carrier was looked up to by many people after his creation and still remains a very influential person.
Willis Haviland Carrier in 1911 came up with the equation that helped us to understand how both temperature and humidity are correlated. Carrier began to understand that people weren’t comfortable when the humidity and temperature were outrageously high or low. What would fix this problem indoors? An air conditioner therefore was created with the help of Carrier.
An interesting fact is that theatres during earlier times put in air conditioning to attract more customers to come during the heat.
The air conditioners were so successful that today many homes, cars, schools, and businesses have air conditioning in order for people to feel comfortable during the hot weather.