--- title: History of Air Conditioning and Spot Cooling [Infographic] description: Here's a quick yet complete history or air conditioning and spot cooling [Infographic]. Bet you'll learn something you didn't know before! image: https://www.airpacinc.com/hs-fs/file-15407254-jpg/images/history_of_air_conditioning-resized-600.jpg --- Want to see us in action? Head over to our video gallery to see what we can do! 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No matter how familiar I am with a subject, **I always learn something new!** So when I saw the [**Brief History of Air Conditioning**](http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/electrical-plumbing/a-brief-history-of-air-conditioning-10720229) by Popular Mechanics I thought it would be, well, cool, to put the information into a timeline and expand it to include the spot cooling industry.  As much as I love history, I love me a good graphic -- a visual representation really helps me get my head around the subject. 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