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Willis Haviland Carrier Research Paper

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Willis Haviland Carrier was born in Angola, New York, on November 26, 1876. He was the son of Duane and Elizabeth Carrier, who were an old New English Family. As a child Carrier attended Angola Academy, he received his secondary education. Two years later he enrolled into Central High School in Buffalo, New York so that he could meet college entrance requirements. In high school, he competed for a state scholarship to attend Cornell University and won. In 1901 Willis graduated from Cornell with a degree in electrical engineering and joined the Buffalo Forge Company as a research engineer shortly after. During his time at the Buffalo Forge Company, he submitted his drawings to the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company as a response

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