Portable Fan and Operating Machinery for Same.

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Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "is fluted or corrugated . . . its lines of corrugation radiating from a common point. By this peculiar formation [it is] enabled to concentrate the surrounding air during its movement, and direct and carry it in a body back and forth . . . [and a] heavy bead or bar follows the zigzag or corrugated outline of the bottom of the fan, and serves as a weight to keep it tending downward toward a position of rest. . . . The frame carrying the fan is supported upon standards provided … continued below

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Henry A. March 16, 1886.

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Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "is fluted or corrugated . . . its lines of corrugation radiating from a common point. By this peculiar formation [it is] enabled to concentrate the surrounding air during its movement, and direct and carry it in a body back and forth . . . [and a] heavy bead or bar follows the zigzag or corrugated outline of the bottom of the fan, and serves as a weight to keep it tending downward toward a position of rest. . . . The frame carrying the fan is supported upon standards provided with broad footings . . . by which the fan may be readily moved" (lines 16-35).

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,848, dated March 16, 1886. July 17, 1885. Serial No. 171,884. (No model.)"

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  • March 16, 1886

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  • March 16, 1886

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  • July 17, 1885

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McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Henry A. Portable Fan and Operating Machinery for Same., patent, March 16, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171210/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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