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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-27 · 7 entries checked · 3 flagged · 5 issues confirmed · 3 corrected · 2 still open
Central heating — The entry incorrectly implies that the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus had central heating, which is not supported by historical canon.
Central heating — The entry refers to 'Colonel Coke' as an early steam heating proponent, but this name is obscure and likely a misattribution or misspelling; the correct figure is not clearly established in standard accounts.
Desalination — The claim that the first patent for desalination apparatus was granted in 1675 to William Walcot is inaccurate because earlier patents or grants existed, such as one in 1662 to Sir William Petty, and the 'first patent' status is disputed.
Desalination — The statement that global energy intensity of desalination improved by a factor of 10 from 20–30 kWh/m³ in 1970 to about 3 kWh/m³ in 2018 is inaccurate because the 1970 figure of 20–30 kWh/m³ is characteristic of thermal processes like MSF, not the dominant re
Air conditioning — The entry states that James Harrison created the first mechanical ice-making machine in 1851 and was granted a patent for it, but John Gorrie's 1842 ice-making compressor is often considered earlier, and Harrison's patent was in 1855, not 1851.
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