Ice and snow have been used for cooling since ancient times. Plato mentions that ice was harvested in the mountains during the winter and stored in thermally insulated buildings for cooling in the summer. Sir John Chardin reports in his “Travels in Persia 1673–1677” how ice is produced, stored, and sold for cooling of drinks in the summer
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