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Re: Thomas Midgley, Developer of Freon (and Leaded Gasoline)
Posted to HVAC Forum on 2/29/2004

I read about him in a book years ago. As a matter of fact I even mentioned him on my web site. [...] [[...]]

It seems Frigidaire, General Motors and DuPont got together to come up with a safe refrigerant. Ironically Midgley's major inventions, Freon and Lea... Login to read more.