Historical Development
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Milestones:
- 1748: William Cullen demonstrates artificial refrigeration.
- 1834: Jacob Perkins builds a practical refrigerator with diethyl ether.
- 1852: Lord Kelvin describes the theory underlying heat pump.
- 1855–1857: Peter von Rittinger develops and builds the first heat pump.
- 1940: Robert C. Webber is credited as developing and building the first ground heat pump.
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