Saturday, April 20, 2013

TOW (& Answer)...


Book Jacket for: Famous first facts : a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American historyWhen (&where) was dry ice first manufactured commercially?

Answer:
Dry ice was first made by the Prest-Air Devices Company of Long Island, NY in 1925.  Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide.  Its temperature is 109 degrees below zero.  The question (& answer) were found on page 299 of Famous First Facts by Joseph Nathan Kane, Steven Anzovin, & Janet Podell.  The book was published by H. W. Wilson in 1997.