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Baltzar von Platen (inventor)
Baltzar von Platen (1898-1984) together with Carl Munters was the inventor of the gas absorption refrigerator in 1922 while they were both Swedish engineering students at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The technique produced "cold" from a heat source such as propane, electricity, or kerosene.
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