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Because ether is much more volatile than water and evaporates extremely quickly. As ether evaporates very quickly its average kinetic energy is lowered as molecules of ether escape. Following on, the 2nd law of Thermodynamics (I think) states that thermal energy is lost to cooler things so the water cools down extremely quickly as it looses heat to the evaporating ether which is also loosing heat in evaporation. Once the water reaches 0 degrees C it freezes.

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