The Voyage That Kickstarted Globalisation
Dan Snow's History Hit
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How to Refrigerate Cargo and Keep It Cool
To transport anything so frozen, or to keep it cool, would often involve ships deliberately travelling during winter months. So we know that in 18 75 there was a successful delivery of frozen meat to britain from america. In australia, the world's first freezing flog had been set up in sydney's darling harbour for ice railway carriages. But as you could see, on sea it still wasn't reliable. The problem lois register would have had in working with these as of ships was that lays register needed to know that these new feats of engineering were safe. If yo're going to put anything on a ship, beit a new engine or a new system
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