Today, refrigerators have become an essential part of every kitchen (Tatum, 2010). Refrigeration is used to store meat, vegetables among other foodstuffs at low temperatures, thus inhibiting spoilage due to microbial activity. The process of essentially, manufacturing or making a refrigerator was gradual and begain in the 18th century. It culminitated with Carl von Linden's work in 1876. (Bellis, 2010 & Tatum, 2010)
Evidence suggests that since 500 AD, man has known to produce ice by natural processes. Egyptians and Indians made ice on cold nights by setting water on earthenware pots. Later on in the 1700's, England servants in the 1700's collected ice in the winter and put into icehouses, which then provided cool storage in the summer. (Bellis, 2010 & Tatum, 2010)