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245 0 _aChronicles of refrigeration and air-conditioning in tropical Philippines :
_bthe cold facts /
_cedited by Alvin Y. Chua
260 _aManila, Philippines :
_bDe La Salle Universiry Press,
_cc2015
300 _a144 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _aPart I. Before 1930s: No ice age and ice age -- Part II. 1930 to 1960s: Building and rebuilding the nation -- Part III. 1960 to 1990s: Boom, decline and recovery -- Part IV. 1990s and beyond: Toward a green-er Philippines .
520 _aThe purpose of this book is to inform the public of the importance of refrigeration in our lives . It was once in the past that ice is one of the priced commodities that spearheaded the development of Manila to the extent that power generation was mainly intended for ice production .
650 _aAIR CCONDITIONING--CLIMATIC FACTORS
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