A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 370 — ARTIFICIAL ICE. COOLING LIQUORS.

William Johnston translation

The dissipated Heliogabalus caused whole mounts of snow to be heaped up in summer in order to cool the air. See Lampridius, Vita Heliogab. cap. 23.

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