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Ice gathering on the Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. Horse-drawn cutters used to cut blocks of ice. In the background are insulated warehouses for storing ice for summer use
Storing ice in insulated sheds at Charless Ice Store, Chelsea, London, 1861. In cold weather the London poor collected ice for which they were paid between 12p and 70p per cart of 2 hundredweight
Treasure room of the Minoan palace at Zakro, 20th-15th century BCTreasure room of the Minoan palace at Zakro. The room is c. 3m x 2.5m and had eight large caese separated by thin brick walls
Alessandro Volta, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon, (c1800) 1901Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) Italian physicist, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901