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2. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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   Ceiling fan. A modern ceiling fan. A ceiling fan mid-spin. A ceiling fan is a fan mounted on the ceiling of a room or space, usually electrically powered, that uses hub-mounted rotating blades to circulate air. They cool people effectively by increasing air speed. Fans do not reduce air temperature or relative humidity, unlike air-conditioning ...

3. European hand fans in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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   Hand fans first arrived in Europe in the 15th century from Asia and became popular in the 16th century. Several fan styles were common and a plethora of materials were used to create them. Subject matter varied greatly, from Biblical scenes to landscapes. Hand fans serve as a cooling mechanism, social instrument, and fashion accessory.

4. Hand fan - Wikipedia

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   Handheld Brise fan from 1800. A handheld fan, or simply hand fan, is a broad, flat surface that is waved back-and-forth to create an airflow. Generally, purpose-made handheld fans are folding fans, which are shaped like a sector of a circle and made of a thin material (such as paper or feathers) mounted on slats which revolve around a pivot so that it can be closed when not in use.

5. Casablanca Fan Company - Wikipedia

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   Airflow by Casablanca (former), Pasadena Fan Company (former), Casablanca Next Generation (former) Subsidiaries. Lavery & Co. (former) Casablanca Fan Company is a ceiling fan company currently based in Memphis, Tennessee. In the late 1970s, the company became known for their premium and luxury ceiling fans, which were marketed as furniture.

6. Philip Diehl (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Emilie Loos. Philip H. Diehl (January 29, 1847 – April 7, 1913) was a German - American mechanical engineer and inventor who held several U.S. patents, including electric incandescent lamps, electric motors for sewing machines and other uses, and ceiling fans. Diehl was a contemporary of Thomas Edison and his inventions caused Edison to ...

7. Fan Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Fan Museum, which opened in 1991, is the world's first museum dedicated to the preservation and display of hand fans. [1] It is located within two grade II* listed houses that were built in 1721 within the Greenwich World Heritage Site on Croom's Hill in southeast London , England. [ 2 ]