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Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration · Recorded milestone

Split air conditioner

Recorded year1961

Toshiba puts the noisy compressor outdoors and a quiet fan unit inside, the split design now used by most room air conditioners.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.