The Invention of Refrigerated Transport and the Development of the International Dressed Meat Trade

In 1898, a terrible scandal occurred involving the beef fed to U.S. soldiers during the Spanish American War. The commander of the Army, General Nelson A. Miles charged that the military had provided condemned meat to its fighting men. Some of the beef th

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History of Artificial Cold, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Issues

History of Artificial Cold, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Issues

BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE Editors ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University JÜRGEN RENN, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science KOSTAS GAVROGLU, University of Athens

Managing Editor LINDY DIVARCI, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Editorial Board THEODORE ARABATZIS, University of Athens ALISA BOKULICH, Boston University HEATHER E. DOUGLAS, University of Waterloo JEAN GAYON, Université Paris 1 THOMAS F. GLICK, Boston University HUBERT GOENNER, University of Goettingen JOHN HEILBRON, University of California, Berkeley DIANA KORMOS-BUCHWALD, California Institute of Technology CHRISTOPH LEHNER, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science PETER MCLAUGHLIN, Universität Heidelberg AGUSTÍ NIETO-GALAN, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona NUCCIO ORDINE, Universitá della Calabria ANA SIMÕES, Universidade de Lisboa JOHN J. STACHEL, Boston University SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Harvard University BAICHUN ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Science

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Kostas Gavroglu Editor

History of Artificial Cold, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Issues

Editor Kostas Gavroglu Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Athens Athens, Greece

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