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Ozonator (?), electric fan and coils mounted on ba

1920-1930

Fan from wind driven winch

Electric fan

Chinese-Style Paper Fan

ABC Wax promotional fan

1980-2007

Fan promoting the George House Trust

2000 - 2012

Winnowing fan

Fan, Silencer and Transformation Ductwork

1977

Screw Fan

Two blade fan

Fan blades for wind channel.

Fan made of cellulose nitrate. Imitation tortoiseshell design

1890-1910

Stand and fan for hand-operated Assmann psychrometer

1952

"Magnet" electric fan (adjustable speed) by G.E.C., 16" fan

"Magnet" electric fan (adjustable speed) by G.E.C.

Electric table fan with speed regulator, with iron stand and brass 4-b lade fan, probably English, 1910-1930

Electric table fan with speed regulator

1910-1930

GEC 'Tropicana' fan heater, cat.no. DM600, serial no. 054B, 2kw, 230-250v, 50 c/s, made in England, 1964

GEC 'Tropicana' fan heater

1964

Safety ceramic fan heater model C63, utilising PTC ceramic sensor element, 1500W, 240V, 50Hz, serial no .9414, by Electro-Warme-Technik (EWT), Nurnberg, Germany, 1994

Safety ceramic fan heater model C63

1994

Belt-driven fan bellows for fire lighting, operated by turning handle to produce more sustained draught than traditional bellows, wooden casing, English, 1840-1860

Belt-driven fan bellows for fire lighting

1840-1860

"Queen" firelighting fan, whereby paraffin-soaked material is placed in the nozzle and lit, whilst the clockwork mechanism drives a fan which continually blows the flame into the coals, designed to hook onto a grate, with metal cover, patent no 14985 1892, English, 1892-1910

Firelighting fan

1892-1910

Original fan for the RAE 5 foot wind tunnel. Wind tunnel in use from 1930 to present day (1994). This tunnel was the fastest in the UK until 1939.

Original fan for the RAE 5 foot wind tunnel

Electric generator fan, mounted on lower mainplane, from Vickers-Vimy aircraft.

Electric generator fan

Table fan made of phenol formaldehyde, with blades made of rayon fabric, with an on-off switch, unsigned, England, 1920-1940. Top of base is inscribed with BANDOLER.

Table fan made of phenol formaldehyde, with rayon blades

1920-1940

One fan with ivory carved sticks, showing three balloon scenes, one bordered with metal sequins, height 28cm opening to 48 cm. Contained when folded in a contemporary English fan case, c32x5x5cm. Label on case reads: Fans for Exportation. Clarke & Co, Fan Makers to their Royal Highness's the Dutchess & Princess of Gloucester. At their Warehouse No. 26 Strand (near Charing Cross) NB Inventors of the Pocket Sliding Fans.

One fan with ivory carved sticks

circa 1785

Miniature fan, 5cm long in pinchback. Opens with 4 leaves of photographs with 2 end panels with decorative design. Miniature albumen prints 1.5 x 1cm reductions from CDV pictures of GeneralTom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and family. 8 pictures in 4 pairs behind oval masks.

Miniature fan with 'Tom thumb' photographs

c. 1863

From the Old Mill (c.1780): Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories

Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories

Crompton D C metal bladed ceiling fan - c.1912

Crompton D C metal bladed ceiling fan - c.1912

Three-bladed ceiling mounted fan with single phase induction motor. (Maker unknown) No. 41832872

Three-bladed ceiling mounted fan

Keith Mine Fan (No. c.27490), with pulley

Keith Mine Fan (No. c.27490), with pulley

Belt-driven Centrifugal Exhausting Fan

Belt-driven Centrifugal Exhausting Fan

Ventilating fan driven by hot-air engine, c.1900

Ventilating fan driven by hot-air engine, c.1900

1900

6" "Sirocco" cased centrifugal fan

6" "Sirocco" cased centrifugal fan

Paper Fan, LNER, Red & gold floral design and purple sticks. "With compliments London & North Eastern Railway." Dimensions: 8?" long

Paper fan, London & North Eastern Railway, floral design

Paper Fan, LNER, Blue & gold floral design. "With compliments London & North Eastern Railway.", Dimensions: 8?" long

Paper Fan, London & North Eastern Railway, blue & gold floral design

Paper Fan, LNER, Green floral design "With compliments London & North Eastern Railway"

Paper fan, London & North Eastern Railway, floral design

Paper Fan, LNER, Orange and gold floral design. With Compliments London & North Eastern Railway, Dimensions: 8?" long

Paper Fan

Paper Fan, LNER, Purple and gold floral design "With compliments London & North Eastern Railway", Dimensions: 8?" long

Paper fan, London & North Eastern Railway

Paper Fan, London & North Eastern Railway, purple and gold floral design "With compliments London & North Eastern Railway, supplied by G.A. Sawyer Ltd 9 Hanover Square, London W.1 (H.18)". Overall (deployed): 216 mm x 382 mm x 20 mm.

Paper fan, London & North Eastern Railway

Paper Fan, LNER, Blue and gold floral design. Label missing, Dimensions: 8?" long

Paper fan, London & North Eastern Railway, floral design

Japanese fan, approximately oval, 110x120mm, black laquer handle; fabric, silk (?), with collotype printed and tinted picture of Japanese lady with fan.

Fan with photograph

Experimental cross-flow fan spraying machine

Experimental cross-flow fan spraying machine

Crompton DC wooden bladed ceiling fan, 1907. With regulator.

Crompton DC wooden bladed ceiling fan

1907

Prototype demonstration of variable pitch fan using principle of acetal expansion

Prototype demonstration of variable pitch fan

Fan for 5 foot wind tunnel.

Fan for 5 foot wind tunnel.

Astigmatic fans, three blocks, paper, by Douglas and Wooldridge, Stourbridge

Astigmatic fans

"Solartron" tangential fan electric heater with casing removed to show all internal parts, a new method of electric heating developed in Ger many from 1950's, whereby 4 rows of coiled wire heating elements are swept by air from the fan, by Firth Cleveland Ltd, London, 1964

"Solartron" tangential fan electric heater with casing removed to show all internal parts

1964

Model of mine ventilation fan.

Model ventilation fan

Paper fan, LNER, Orange and gold floral design. "With compliments, London & North Eastern Railway", Dimensions: 8?" long

Paper fan

Keith Type 3 Mine Fan, No.233071, with 230v. A.C. electric motor and tumbler switch

Keith Type 3 Mine Fan

12" diam. pneumatic turbine mine ventilating fan

12" diam. pneumatic turbine mine ventilating fan

Enclosed, floor standing belt driven air blower with 12" diameter fan and 5" outlet, made by Sturtevant Company of Boston, USA

Enclosed, floor standing belt driven air blower with 12" diameter fan and 5" outlet