Jones, Frederick McKinley
1893-1961 · Contribution: 1930s-1950s
Transportation
Automatic refrigeration systems for trucks and railroad cars
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1893-1961
- Active since
- 1930s-1950s
- Category
- Transportation
Impact on the world
Jones created the mobile refrigeration that made a global cold-chain possible, transforming how the world ships food, blood, and medicine and reshaping the modern grocery and pharmaceutical industries.
Sources
- Smithsonian Lemelson Center
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