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Fan History and thier Power Sources |
| 4000 BCE |
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Mechanical power water wheel mentioned in a poem, GreekWriterAntipater |
| 3000 BCE |
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China pictoial record |
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Greeks,Roman,China, Egypt, Assyria, and Phoenicia used them during thier religious ceremonies |
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Romans used wood construction |
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China construction: feathers |
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Greeks construction: linen with wood, leaf shaped |
| 500 - 900 |
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Wind Mills Persia |
| 1600's |
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Japanese are credited with developing the folding fan, theory is that the |
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design process was aided by the anatomy of a bat. Ivory or Mica used to construct the slats. |
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Traveled to Europe via Portugal. Italian women made it a fashion statement. |
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Construction: calfskin and leaves woven. |
| 1700's |
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Fashion Fans spreads to France and England |
| 1752 |
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Benjamin Franklin proposes notion of postive and negative charge, kite experiment |
| 1800's |
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Hand fan construction included: painted lace, silk or parchment |
| 1831 |
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elctromagnetic induction discoved by Michael Faraday |
| 1833 |
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Thomas Davenport's Electric Motor |
| 1879 |
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Electric Motor for 110 to 120 constructed by Thomas Edison |
| 1884 |
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ceiling fan to run on electricity was made by Electro Dynamics which was battery operated |
| 1886 |
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Hunter Fan and Motor Company assortment of products including a water-powered belt-driven ceiling fan. |
| 1887 |
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Philip Diehl developed a type of flat motor for Singer sewing machines. |
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He attached a fan blade to it and installed it in his house. |
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Believe to be the first direct drive ceiling fan |
| 1888 |
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Induction motor patented by Nikola Tesla |
| 1888 |
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Alternating Current designed, Nikola Tesla, purchased by Georg Westinghouse |
| 1891 |
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Emerson Electric founded by A.W.Meston in 1890 introduced thier commercially available fan |
| 1893 |
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Menominee Electric produced thier 7 1/2" fan |
| 1894 |
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Roth and Eck fan had carbon brushes and an open field winding |
| 1894 |
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General Electric produces a fan that collectors label "pancake" |
| 1897 |
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Robbins & Myers (founded in 1878) introduced thier ceiling fan |
| 1898 |
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Hurricane fan motor used. Motor was of an enclosed nature, with rectangular carbon brushes |
| 1902 |
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James J Wood receiveds patent for a electric fan |
| 1903 |
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Lollipop fan patented by Eck |
| 1903 |
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Gear driven oscillating fan: Eck |
| 1904 |
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Diehl develops a D.C. Fan that can be adjusted back and forth |
| 1907 |
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Diehl cousin's son Frederick developed a type of oscillating fan |
| 1907 |
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Universal Electric Motor introduced by Thomas Edison |
| 1915 |
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Electric fans, "The Mysto" by the A. C. Gilbert Company |
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construction:cast iron base, steel blade, with minimal guard |
| 1918 |
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Fitzgerald Mfg Co is selling thier all chrome 10" fans in both stationary and oscillating models |
| 1933 |
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F.A.Smith, which became FASCO, introduced their 8" fan powered by a motor of thier own design |
| 1938 |
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Stirling Fan, a united driven by hot air heated by kerosene lamp, advertised in the London Times |
| 1938 |
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Steam driven fan aboard ships |
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| 1959 |
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What happen the Year Humidaire was Created? |
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History of Antique Fans
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