the first successful system for mobile refrigeration
invented the first portable air conditioning unit.
Founder of thermo king
Frederick Jones invented the first successful system for mobile refrigeration. His invention eliminated the far less effective use of ice and salt to preserve foods for transport, greatly extending the distance over which food could be successfully delivered.
Born - Death
Although Willis Carrier is largely credited with inventing the modern air conditioner, Frederick Jones, an African-American, invented the first portable air conditioning unit.
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he is best known for his role in founding Thermo King. Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1893—almost two decades before mechanical refrigerators were even available in the United States.
Frederick M Jones Family
Born:May, 17 1893 Cincinnati Died: February, 21 1961, MinneapolisCause of death:Lung Cancer
in Covington, KY; died of lung cancer, February 21, 1961, in Minneapolis, MN; son of John Jones (a railroad worker); first marriage to a Swedish-American woman in Minnesota ended in divorce; married Lucille, 1946.
. His mother deserted him when he was a young child. His father struggled to raise him on his own, but by the time Frederick was 7 years old, he sent young Jones to live with a priest in Kentucky.
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