A patent was issued to Valaver for a machine in which dry air was passed over water thus extracting the heat by evaporation. Category: 1899 - 1800, United States of America14. 4. 1824Post navigationPreviousPrevious post:1827 – Chlorinated solutionsNextNext post:1819 – Report of a Committee of the Parliament of Great Britain stated that evidence bore out the practicability of smoke prevention