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I recently finished the book "Napoleon’s Button's" which is a collection of tales about how various historical events had been affected by chemistry. One that I'd like to discuss in this thread is the evolution of refrigeration technology developed by James Harrison in Australia which is also discussed in this article. Basically the industry of frozen meat exports really took off in Australia and New Zealand after 1880 when the sailing ship Strathleven, equipped with a refrigeration system by Harrison, carried forty tons of frozen meat to London. An earlier attempt had been made in 1873 at this when the Norfolk's refrigeration system, also equipped by Harrison, failed. my question is what would have happened if the success of Harrison's systems had been moved from 1879 to 73 and thus sped up the events involved in meat exports by 7 years. What are the effects on Australia's, New Zealeand's, and Britians economies and politics?