The world’s first successful experimental effort to air-condition an open space was made here today. Israeli scientists and technicians tested a principle of sprinkling high jets of sea water from long pipes into southward winds from positions north of Elath, thus cooling off air currents moving toward the port city.
More than 100 yards of pipe were used in the experiment which resulted in a temperature drop of from 40 to 33 degrees centigrade within 50 meters distance from the pipes.
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