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Ice

posted 16 years ago by Avalon123
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Can anyone tell me how you store blocks of ice on a ship going up the Amazon for days on end without modern day appliances and equipment?

[–] Anon-Ra 16 years ago

Most likely it was kept well insulated so the ice would keep itself cold.

[–] mothboy88 16 years ago

the movie explains that two kinds of salt are used to make a chemical reaction creating ice, though i'm not sure how plausible that is

[–] rshelomi 16 years ago

I'm not really sure how it works either, but he didn't store the ice. We saw Chollo grinding the machine, at one point, that makes the ice, and then that fresh ice was given to the natives.

[–] slapdab 16 years ago

On a warm day we watch an ice cube melt in a matter of minutes. However, only the surface of a block of ice melts. When a large amount of ice is stored there is a large mass of ice at sub-zero temperature and a relatively small surface area. With good insulation a large amount of ice can be stored for a long time. See http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/ice/iceimport.htm

In the 19th century ice was stored in underground "wells" throughout the summer with no form of refrigeration.

[–] haewatein 15 years ago

Yay, I heard about that too!!

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[–] dario_van_kuschn 15 years ago

try this:

http://otal.umd.edu/~vg/amst205.F97/vj12/project5.html

[–] alicecbr 14 years ago

Early on, he showed a machine that used 2 ingredients to make the ice. I gather that he took the machine and the chemicals with him.
Actually, getting the boat up the mountain was a fantastic engineering feat. We don't appreciate that in our CGI world.
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