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THE value of perishable produce imported into this country, subject more or less to refrigeration, was, before the war, about 130,000,000. per annum. It is abundantly evident that the most natural means of preserving foodstuffs, viz. by methods of low temperatures, have gained the confidence of our merchants, and the cold-storage industry to-day is a striking example of the successful combination of soience, commerce, and industry. The history of. the cold-storage movement reveals four outstanding features:—
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Science and the Cold-Storage Industry1. Nature 100, 455–456 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/100455a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100455a0