> Hmm. I would guess that Dometic's history is for domestic use not
> commercial use as an ammonia absorbtion refrigerater was patented in
> France around 1860 by Ferdinand Carre
>
> On Jul 3, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Richard A Jones wrote:
>
>> > Dometic website claims two grad students invented the technology
>> > in 1922 and that was the origin of Dometic:
>> > http://dometic.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=5326

Check:
http://www.robur.it/us/pag_technology_history.jsp
I think "absorption" is not specific.  After all, the basic
idea of "refrigeration" is the "absorption" of heat by
the expansion of something.

Richard
Boulder