<P> The first practical vapor compression refrigeration system was built by James Harrison , a British journalist who had emigrated to Australia . His 1856 patent was for a vapor compression system using ether , alcohol or ammonia . He built a mechanical ice - making machine in 1851 on the banks of the Barwon River at Rocky Point in Geelong , Victoria , and his first commercial ice - making machine followed in 1854 . Harrison also introduced commercial vapor - compression refrigeration to breweries and meat packing houses , and by 1861 , a dozen of his systems were in operation . </P>
<P> The first practical vapor compression refrigeration system was built by James Harrison , a British journalist who had emigrated to Australia . His 1856 patent was for a vapor compression system using ether , alcohol or ammonia . He built a mechanical ice - making machine in 1851 on the banks of the Barwon River at Rocky Point in Geelong , Victoria , and his first commercial ice - making machine followed in 1854 . Harrison also introduced commercial vapor - compression refrigeration to breweries and meat packing houses , and by 1861 , a dozen of his systems were in operation . </P>
when was the first refrigerator invented and by whom
when was the first refrigerator invented and by whom
James Harrison 1851
James Harrison 1851