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今年是人类发明空调技术100周年。全世界的人们都在纪念这一技术的发明人——威利斯·卡里尔(1876—1950)。这位极富想象力的机械工程师,在发明“如何保持空气温度和湿度稳定”这一技术时,只有25岁。 1901年的夏天,空气湿热,地处炎热的纽约市的一家印刷厂和一家纺织厂纷纷告急:前者由于纸张的尺寸随着湿度的变化而变化,工厂无法在纸上整齐地印上颜色;后者由于湿度控制不好产生静电,棉纤维容易断裂。刚刚大学毕业的卡里尔,在一家供排暖公司当机械工程师。他接受了这项任务——负责寻找某种能够像调节温度一样调节空气湿度的设备。
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the invention of air-conditioning technology by humans. People around the world are commemorating the inventor of this technology - Willis Carrill (1876-1950). This imaginative mechanical engineer was only 25 years old when he invented the technique of “how to maintain air temperature and humidity stability.” In the summer of 1901, hot and humid air, a printing plant and a textile factory in a hot New York City rushed to the news: The former changed the size of the paper with the humidity, and the factory could not print the paper neatly on the paper; Because the static electricity is not well controlled by the humidity, the cotton fiber is easily broken. Carril, who just graduated from college, worked as a mechanical engineer at a heating company. He accepted this task -- he was responsible for finding a device that could adjust the humidity of the air just like the temperature.