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Isaac King @IsaacKing314: "Came across a neat summary of society's transition to using artificial ice in the mid to late 1800s." Quoted card: "The notion of 'manufacturing' ice through an industrial process likely felt similarly strange as lab grown meat feels today. A product of a natural process suddenly produced through scientific wizardry. In 1847 Gorrie would astonish guests at an event in Florida by serving wine cooled with artificial ice in the middle of summer - when ice was often scarce. Some scoffed at the notion - with The New York Daily Globe reportedly saying that same year: 'There is a Dr. Gorrie, a crank, down in Florida, who thinks he can make ice as good as God Almighty.'" 3:51 PM · Jul 1, 2025 · 5,817 Views [reply 5, retweet 17, like 174, bookmark 23] > QUOTED (Isaac King, 5h, embedded link card "The War on 'Artificial' Ice" from newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org): [image of an old newspaper ad headlined "Natural vs Machine Made Ice / NATURAL BETTER. WHY? / FREEZING.—Natural produces more cold air than Artificial Ice. Take 100 pounds Natural Ice, place thermometer in refrigerator—note readings, then try 100 pounds Artificial; watch thermometer; note readings, compare the two and see difference in degrees of cold obtained. Natural Ice free from zinc and other mineral impurities obtained from tanks in freezing machine made ice."] reply 0, retweet 0, like 22, views 678 Reply visible below: keysmashb... @keysmashb... · 24m: "Extremely cool"