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Steam: Two C. 1980 Box Fans

With the advent of steam power in the 1830s, steam-driven fans were installed for ventilation purposes. In 1849, a large steam-driven fan was made operational in a Welsh coal mine. Improvements to steam fan technology were made in the following decades. In the 1880s, fans powered by electricity were developed, including the first electric ceiling fan in 1882. By the early 20th century, fans powered by various fuels were common, and electric fans for home use began mass production. Advances in manufacturing allowed steel fans to be mass produced and more affordable in the 1920s. By the mid-20th century, many fan companies but production rebounded in the 1970s with a focus on energy efficiency. In

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Steam: Two C. 1980 Box Fans

With the advent of steam power in the 1830s, steam-driven fans were installed for ventilation purposes. In 1849, a large steam-driven fan was made operational in a Welsh coal mine. Improvements to steam fan technology were made in the following decades. In the 1880s, fans powered by electricity were developed, including the first electric ceiling fan in 1882. By the early 20th century, fans powered by various fuels were common, and electric fans for home use began mass production. Advances in manufacturing allowed steel fans to be mass produced and more affordable in the 1920s. By the mid-20th century, many fan companies but production rebounded in the 1970s with a focus on energy efficiency. In

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Steam[edit]

With the advent of practical steam power, fans could finally be used for ventilation. In 1837 William
Fourness of England installed a steam-driven fan at Leeds.[6] In 1849 a 6m radius steam driven fan,
designed by William Brunton, was made operational in the Gelly Gaer Colliery of South Wales. The
model was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Also in 1851 David Boswell Reid, a Scottish
doctor, installed four steam powered fans in the ceiling of St George's Hospital in Liverpool, so that
the pressure produced by the fans would force the incoming air upward and through vents in the
ceiling.[7][8] Improvements in the technology were made by James Nasmyth, Frenchman Theophile
Guibal and J. R. Waddle.[9]

Electrical[edit]

Two c. 1980 box fans

Between 1882 and 1886 Schuyler Wheeler invented a fan powered by electricity.[10] It was


commercially marketed by the American firm Crocker & Curtis electric motor company. In
1882, Philip Diehl developed the world's first electric ceiling fan. During this intense period of
innovation, fans powered by alcohol, oil, or kerosene were common around the turn of the 20th
century. In 1909, KDK of Japan pioneered the invention of mass-produced electric fans for home
use. In the 1920s, industrial advances allowed steel fans to be mass-produced in different shapes,
bringing fan prices down and allowing more homeowners to afford them. In the 1930s, the first art
deco fan (the "Silver Swan") was designed by Emerson. [11]By the 1940s, Crompton Greaves of India
became the world's largest manufacturer of electric ceiling fans mainly for sale in India, Asia and the
Middle East. By the 1950s, table and stand fans were manufactured in colors that were bright and
eye catching.
Window and central air conditioning in the 1960s caused many companies to discontinue production
of fans.[12] But in the mid-1970s, with an increasing awareness of the cost of electricity and the
amount of energy used to heat and cool homes, turn-of-the-century styled ceiling fans became
immensely popular again as both decorative and energy efficient units.
In 1998 William Fairbank and Walter K. Boyd invented the high-volume low-speed (HVLS) ceiling
fan, designed to reduce energy consumption by using long fan blades rotating at low speed to move
a relatively large volume of air.[13]

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