2007-01-12 17:21:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It was "harvested" from rivers or lakes during the winter and stored in an "ice house". If you lived far enough north, you might be able to put away enough to last until the next winter.
2007-01-12 17:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by Knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As said above, it was collected from natural ice. However, there is no ice available in warm countries!
So they used factories that made ice, using simple chemical reaction: 4H2O + 1KCl (4 parts water, 1 part Potassium Chloride) makes a refrigering mixture that goes to -12C that freezes the surrounding water...
2007-01-12 19:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the big way by Nature ,by a process called frost.
any kid can tell you that ,
ships used to bring ice from Ice bergs and the Northpole and bring it to warmer countries where sometimes they burried it to keep it longer as ice .or kept it in special storage places
packed ice from ice bergs and glaziers is very compact,and takes a long time to melt
put some polar ice in a drink and it will last 20 times as long as the ice from the deepfreeze
2007-01-12 17:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ice was made naturally, in places with low tempetaure, ofcourse!
people used this natural ice
2007-01-12 17:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by koz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol they probably just left it ouside when it was cold in a turtle shell or something and hit it with a rock to break it into chunks... then again what in the world were they gonna put ice into?? lol... WATER?!?!?
2007-01-12 17:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by a.steele 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many areas it was carved out in big blocks and sold. It was "made" by mother nature.
2007-01-12 17:28:08 · answer #6 · answered by y2ceasar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋