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  2. High-volume low-speed fan - Wikipedia

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    A High-volume low-speed fan. A high-volume low-speed (HVLS) fan is a type of mechanical fan greater than 7 feet (2.1 m) in diameter. [1] HVLS fans are generally ceiling fans although some are pole mounted. HVLS fans move slowly and distribute large amounts of air at low rotational speed– hence the name "high volume, low speed."

  3. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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    Belt-driven ceiling fans. As stated earlier in this article, the first ceiling fans used a water-powered system of belts to turn the blades of fan units (which consisted of nothing more than blades mounted on a flywheel). For period-themed decor, a few companies (notably Fanimation and Woolen Mill) have created reproduction belt-drive fan systems.

  4. Fan (machine) - Wikipedia

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    Five-blade or six-blade designs are rare. The materials from which the components are made, such as brass, are important factors in fan desirability. A ceiling fan is a fan suspended from the ceiling of a room. Most ceiling fans rotate at relatively low speeds and do not have blade guards because they are inaccessible and unwieldy.

  5. How a Fan Can Keep Your Home Cool

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    Getting a ceiling fan doesn’t mean your home will resemble a Brady Bunch episode; they now come in many modern looks. Meanwhile, Schiavon studies fan types and finds few differences in ...

  6. 11-Year-Old Girl Who Tried to Save Boy, 12, After He Fell ...

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    Dec. 8, police officers and firefighters responded to the incident at around 4:30 p.m., and the 12-year-old boy's body was recovered from the water about three hours later.

  7. Crookes radiometer - Wikipedia

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    If light pressure were the cause of the rotation, then the better the vacuum in the bulb, the less air resistance to movement, and the faster the vanes should spin. In 1901, with a better vacuum pump, Pyotr Lebedev showed that in fact, the radiometer only works when there is low-pressure gas in the bulb, and the vanes stay motionless in a hard ...

  8. Dave Coulier Details How Wife Melissa Has Created a 'Whole ...

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    Dave Coulier is opening up about one of the thoughtful ways his wife Melissa Bring has supported him amid his cancer diagnosis.. The Full House alum, 65, revealed exclusively to PEOPLE that he has ...

  9. Talk:Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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    "The Fan Book" is the one and only book written solely about ceiling fans; and there are no other books in the Library of Congress database which even have a section on ceiling fan history, evolution, or anything like that. Unfortunately, it's kind of a specialized subject area.