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   On 1/11/2021 3:01 PM, Dean wrote:   
   > On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 3:00:19 PM UTC-5, RichD wrote:   
   >> How did they make ice, in the days before electricity?   
   >>   
   >> And, did the inventors manage it empirically, without   
   >> education in thermodynamic theory? I admit,   
   >> without book learning, the compression/condensation/   
   >> evaporation cycle would never occur to me, it’s   
   >> far from intuitive.   
   >>   
   >> —   
   >> Rich   
   > Ice was made by mother nature and chopped from the surfaces of frozen lakes,   
   ponds and rivers.   
   >   
   Also:   
      
   "During the winter, ice and snow would be taken into the ice house and   
   insulated against melting with straw or sawdust. It would stay frozen   
   for many months, even until the following winter."   
      
   Neighbor with pre-revolutionary house has one on his property.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)