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Cooling apparatus comprising an air humidifying element defining a plurality of liquid pathways and a plurality of parallel air pathways intersecting and communicating with the plurality of liquid pathways and apparatus for applying a pressure gradient across the plurality of parallel air pathways a

Cooling apparatus comprising an air humidifying element defining a plurality of liquid pathways and a plurality of parallel air pathways intersecting and communicating with the plurality of liquid pathways and apparatus for applying a pressure gradient across the plurality of parallel air pathways and, in another embodiment, air conditioning apparatus comprising a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, apparatus located within the housing for providing passage of air between the inlet and the outlet, apparatus located within the housing, upstream of the outlet, for cooling air passed between the inlet and the outlet and apparatus located within the housing for raising the relative humidity of the air passed between the inlet and the outlet, the apparatus for raising the relative humidity comprising an air humidifying element defining a plurality of liquid pathways and a plurality of parallel air pathways intersecting and communicating with the plurality of liquid pathways.

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Cooling apparatus comprising: at least one air humidifying element having a plurality of substantially parallel, liquid absorbent plates each having a pair of planar evaporative faces and defining a plurality of liquid pathways within said plates and defining a plurality of parallel air pathways the

Cooling apparatus comprising: at least one air humidifying element having a plurality of substantially parallel, liquid absorbent plates each having a pair of planar evaporative faces and defining a plurality of liquid pathways within said plates and defining a plurality of parallel air pathways therebetween, said plurality of air pathways intersecting and communicating with said plurality of liquid pathways, the width of each of said plurality of air pathways being defined by a plurality of ridges formed on at least one face of each of said plates forming spacer members aligned parallel to a direction of air flow, said spacer members contacting adjacent plates, said plurality of plates being spaced sufficiently close together by said spacer members such that the velocity of air entering said plurality of pathways is increased and such that the air pressure there along is decreased; and means for applying a pressure gradient across said plurality of parallel air pathways.