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Jan 1, 1449
Florence, Italy
Lorenzo De'Medici was born in Florence, Italy on January 1, 1449 and died April 9, 1492. lorenzo was only 43 years old. -
Aug 24, 1469
Ruler of Florence
Lorenze ruled Florence with his younger brother, Giuliano from 1469-1478. After his brother's assassination in 1478, Lorenzo ruled Florence from 1478 to 1492. He was considered, " The needle on the Italian scales." Lorenzo was around 20 years old when he started to rule florence and Willis Carrier was about 25 years old when he designed the first modern air conditioningsystem. -
Nov 10, 1479
people loved lorenzo
Lorenzo was a Statesman. A Statesman is a skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure. Lorenzo was a patron of the arts.In 1492, Lorenzo fellnseriously ill and died that year. The entire population attended his funeral. -
Europe
The first Carrier in the USA was Thomas, who arrived in Massachusetts around 1663.Thomas was born in Wales, UK in 1622 and he was a political refugee who assumed the name "Carrier" upon coming to America.The Carriers lived in New England until 1799 when Willis Carrier's great-grandparents joined an ox-team train of settlers pushing west through the Mohawk Valley. They settled in, New York. The first Carrier came from Europe and Lorenzo was born in Italy. -
Different countries
Lorenzo went on many important diplomatic missions when he was young. These included trips to Rome to meet with the pope and other important religious and political figures. Just like Lorenzo traveled to many countries around Europe Willis's invention, air conditioning, traveled all around the world. The air conditioner migrated from factories to department stores, theaters and homes. The invention changed the world forever in the way we live and work. -
Shapping in Today's World
Willis Carrier was born during the Great Depression, and Lorenzo De'Midici was born during the Renaissance. These two time periods are both important to us today. Also these two different pieces of history made up of what the world is today. -
New York City
Willis Carrier was born in New York City on November 26, 1876 and died October 7, 1950. Willis was 74 years old -
painting of air conditioning
On July 17, 1902, Willis Carrier initialed a set of mechanical drawings designed to solve a production problem at the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithography and Printing Company in Brooklyn, New York.Just like Lorenzo De'Medici was a painter in the renaissance period, Willis had to work with drawings to make the modern air conditioning -
father of cool
In July 17, 1902, Willis Carrier invented something that changed the world. He invented the air conditioning.Just like the people in Florence loved Lorezo De' medici for his great ruling in 1478, people in the world loved willis Carrier for being " father of cool."
