PROFESSOR THADDEUS LOWE
INVENTIONS AND INDUSTRY
Ice Machine Patent Granted by England
NH Inventor Brings a Chill to the Deep South
Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe was just as unusual as his name. Lowe was son of a cobbler, born in Jefferson, NH. He left an apprenticeship at age 11 seeking freedom to study. After years spent as a “Professor” demonstrating scientific phenomena in a traveling show, Lowe became a pioneer in the field of aeronautics, with the goal of building a trans Atlantic airship. Lowe was hired by President Lincoln to found the army’s air reconnaissance efforts. Lowe’s flights are credited as being a precursor to the Air Force. After the war, he experimented with the cooling properties of compressed gases and developed a Carbon Dioxide cooled commercial ice-making machine, for which he was granted British Patent No. 952. His commercially produced ice was first sold in Dallas, TX in 1866.
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